Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman WorldPsychology Press, 2003 - 380 pages This study is the first to assemble the evidence for the existence of sorcerors in the ancient world; it also addresses the question of their identity and social origins. The resulting investigation takes us to the underside of Greek and Roman society, into a world of wandering holy men and women, conjurors and wonder-workers, and into the lives of prostitutes, procuresses, charioteers and theatrical performers. |
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
1 THE FORMATION AND NATURE OF THE GREEK CONCEPT OF MAGIC | 18 |
2 SORCERERS IN THE FIFTH AND FOURTH CENTURIES BC | 46 |
3 SORCERESSES IN THE ATHENS OF THE FIFTH AND FOURTH CENTURIES BC | 77 |
4 SORCERERS IN THE GREEK WORLD OF THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD 3001BC | 93 |
5 MAGIC AS A DISTINCTIVE CATEGORY IN ROMAN THOUGHT | 120 |
6 CONSTRAINTS ON MAGICIANS IN THE LATE ROMAN REPUBLIC AND UNDER THE EMPIRE | 137 |
7 SORCERERS AND SORCERESSES IN ROME IN THE MIDDLE AND LATE REPUBLIC AND UNDER THE EARLY EMPIRE | 156 |
8 WITCHES AND MAGICIANS IN THE PROVINCES OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE UNTIL THE TIME OF CONSTANTINE | 195 |
9 CONSTRAINTS ON MAGICIANS UNDER A CHRISTIAN EMPIRE | 242 |
10 SORCERERS AND SORCERESSES FROM CONSTANTINE TO THE END OF THE SEVENTH CENTURY AD | 263 |
NOTES | 310 |
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Page 358 - ... grandinis lapidatione quaterentur, innocenter adhibita suffragia, quibus non cuiusque salus aut existimatio laederetur, sed quorum proficerent actus, ne divina munera et labores hominum sternerentur. Konstantin war der Umgang mit dem Übernatürlichen durch magische Künste anscheinend nicht ganz geheuer, und so rettet er sich mit einer - an Intention und Resultat orientierten - Differenzierung in 'schwarze' und 'weiße
Page 359 - Haruspicinam ego nullum cum maleficiorum causis habere consortium iudico neque ipsam aut aliquam praeterea concessam a maioribus religionem genus esse arbitror criminis. Testes sunt leges a me in exordio imperii mei datae, quibus unicuique, quod animo inbibisset, colendi libera facultas tributa est. Nec haruspicinam reprehendimus, sed nocenter exerceri vetamus.
Page 358 - Nullis vero criminationibus implicanda sunt remedia humanis quaesita corporibus aut in agrestibus locis, ne maturis vindemiis metuerentur imbres aut ruentis grandinis lapidatione quaterentur, innocenter adhibita suffragia, quibus non cuiusque salus aut existimatio laederetur, sed quorum proficerent...
Page 359 - No names, he is portentously vague, and he seems to exaggerate grossly when he goes on to denounce the triviality of the charges: a man might be condemned to death for wearing amulets against ailments or for passing among graveyards at night'.