Includes bibliographical references )p. 179-188( and index
edited by J.C.B. Petropoulos
Part I : magic in ancient Greece -- Introduction / J.C.B. Petropoulos -- The 'wretched subject' of ancient Greek magic / David Jordan -- Magic, amulets and Circe / Nanno Marinatos -- Magic and the dead in classical Greece / Sarah Iles Johnston -- Ancient Greek sculptors as magicians / Antonio Corso -- Hocus-pocus in Graeco-Roman Egypt / William Brashear -- Ancient magical gems / Arpad M. Nagy -- Part II : magic in Byzantium -- Introduction : magic in Byzantium / J.C.B. Petropoulos -- Magic and the Devil : from the Old to the New Rome / Spyros N. Trojanos -- Magic and visual culture in late antiquity / Gary Vikan -- Another 'wretched subject' : the demons of the world / David Jordan -- The magician Vigrinos and his victim : a case of magic from the Life of St. Andrew the Fool / George Th. Calofonos -- Spells and exorcisms in three post-Byzantine manuscripts / Agamemnon Tselikas -- Part III : magic in modern Greece -- Introduction : magic in modern Greece / J.C.B. Petropoulos -- Magic and Orthodoxy / Charles Stewart -- Ritual word and symbolic movement in spells against the evil eye / Christina Veikou -- The evil eye among the Greeks of Australia : identity, continuity and modernization / Vassiliki Chryssanthopoulou -- The enchanted garment / Nikos Xenios -- Erotic and fertility magic in the folk culture of modern Greece / Theodore Paradellis -- Part IV : the theory of magic -- Introduction : the theory of magic / J.C.B. Petropoulos -- Talking of magic / Richard Gordon -- Magic as a point of reference in anthropological theory / Eleonora Skouteri-Didaskalou -- Technology and magic / Alfred Gell -- The social dimension of magic / Stratis Psaltou -- Magic, gender and social 'racism' / Constantinos Mandas