The ancient Greeks commonly resorted to magic spells to attract and keep lovers--as
numerous allusions in Greek literature and recently discovered voodoo dolls, magical�…

Interrogating the magic-gender connection/Kimberly B. Stratton--From goddess to hag: the
Greek and the Roman witch in classical literature/Barbette Stanley Spaeth--" The most�…

A dream in which a man has sex with his mother may promise him political or commercial
success--according to dream interpreters of late antiquity, who, unlike modern Western�…

Greek religion is filled with strange sexual artifacts-stories of mortal women's couplings with
gods; rituals like the basilinna's" marriage" to Dionysus; beliefs in the impregnating power of�…

Eros: The Myth of Ancient Greek Sexuality is a controversial book that lays bare the
meanings Greeks gave to sex. Contrary to the romantic idealization of sex dominating our�…

AS MEMBERS of human society, perhaps the most difficult task we i face daily is that of
touching one another—whether the touch is physical, moral, emotional, or imaginary�…

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�…

A Companion to Greek and Roman Sexualities presents a comprehensive collection of
original essays relating to aspects of gender and sexuality in the classical world. Views the�…

Original and comprehensive, Magic in the Ancient Greek World takes the reader inside both
the social imagination and the ritual reality that made magic possible in ancient Greece�…

Sex is beyond reason, and yet we constantly reason about it. So, too, did the peoples of
ancient Greece and Rome. But until recently there has been little discussion of their views�…