Petropoulos John - Greek Magic: Ancient, Medieval and Modern

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William Brashear was Keeper of the Papyrus Collection at the Egyptian Museum in Berlin

George Th. Calofonos is a Byzantine historian.

Vassiliki Chryssanthopoulou-Farrington is Research Fellow at the Hellenic Folklore Research Centre of the Academy of Athens.

Antonio Corso is a fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study-Collegium Budapest.

Alfred Gell was Reader in Anthropology at the London School of Economics and did fieldwork both in Papua New Guinea and in central India.

Richard Gordon is Honorary Professor of the History of Greek and Roman Religion at the University of Erfurt, Germany.

Sarah Iles Johnston is Associate Professor of Greek and Latin at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.

David Jordan is a member of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

Constantinos Mandas has a doctorate in ancient history from the University of Bristol.

Nanno Marinatos is former Professor of Archaeology at College Year in Athens.

Arpad M.Nagy is Keeper of the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.

Theodore Paradellis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of the Aegean in Mytilini.

Stratis Psaltou is a historian of religion.

Eleonora Skouteri-Didaskalou is a social anthropologist.

Charles Stewart is a Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at University College London.

Spyros N.Trojanos is Professor of Law at the University of Athens Law School.

Agamemnon Tselikas