Section outline

  • Topics:

    ·       practitioners of magic, victims of magic

    ·       women and foreigners, weirdos and quacks

    ·       social context of depictions of magic

    ·       labelling the other vs. self-labelling

     

    Greek Readings: Theocritus 2; Hippolytus, Ref. 4.37

     

    Readings:

    ·       Ogden 44-46, 55-107, 155, 157, 214-223

    ·       Theocritus 2; Hippolytus, Ref. 4.37

    ·       Lucian, Lover of Lies

     

    ·       Gordon, Magic as a Topos in Augustan Poetry

    ·       Graf, Literary Representations of Magic

    ·       Luck, Witches and sorcerers in classical literature

    ·       Spaeth, From Goddess to Hag

    ·       Stratton, Naming the Witch

     

    Supplementary Readings

    ·       Edmonds, Extraordinary People

    ·       Gordon, Innovation and Authority

    ·       Pollard, Witch-Crafting in Roman Literature and Art

    ·       Stratton, Magic, Abjection, and Gender