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| Campus | Bryn Mawr |
| Semester | Spring 2025 |
| Registration ID | CSTSB242001 |
| Course Title | Magic in Ancient Greco-Roman |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | Classical Studies |
| Instructor | Edmonds,Radcliffe |
| Times and Days | MW 02:40pm-04:00pm
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| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2518 Bindings and curses, love charms and healing potions, amulets and talismans - from the simple spells designed to meet the needs of the poor and desperate to the complex theurgies of the philosophers, the people of the Greco-Roman World made use of magic to try to influence the world around them. In this course students will gain an understanding of the magicians of the ancient world and the techniques and devices they used to serve their clientele, as well as the cultural contexts in which these ideas of magic arose. We shall consider ancient tablets and spell books as well as literary descriptions of magic in the light of theories relating to the religious, political, and social contexts in which magic was used. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Haverford: B: Analysis of the Social World (B) ( ) Enrollment Cap: 50; If enrollment exceeds the cap, the following lottery criteria will be used. CSTS Majors by class (seniors, then juniors, then sophomores), then CSTS Minors by class (seniors, then juniors, then sophomores). |
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