Bengt Ankarloo is Professor of History at Lund University, Sweden. Stuart Clark is Professor of History at the University of Wales, Swansea.
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Binding Spells: Curse Tablets and Voodoo Dolls in the Greek and Roman Worlds -Daniel Ogden Witches and Sorcerers in Classical Literature -Georg Luck Imagining Greek and Roman Magic -Richard Gordon The Demonization of Magic and Sorcery in Late Antiquity: Christian Redefinitions of Pagan Religions -Valerie Flint
"Although the volumes are intended mainly for scholars, there is much in them to interest the common reader."-New Yorker "Wide-ranging, well-documented, up-to-date... Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: Ancient Greece and Rome is deliberately designed as an introduction for the general reader, and it fulfills that function admirably."-Peter Green, New Republic "An exceptional historical and social analysis of a subject of enduring interest."-Library Journal "This extensive and reliable handbook will be the general introduction to ancient magic for some time to come."-Choice