Britta K. Ager - The Scent of Ancient Magic

Britta K. Ager

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First published April 2022

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Names: Ager, Britta K., author. | Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Title: The scent of ancient magic / Britta K. Ager.

Description: Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, [2022] | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201217) and index. |

Identifiers: LCCN 2021056657 (print) | LCCN 2021056658 (ebook) | ISBN 9780472133024 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780472220076 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Magic, Ancient. | OdorsReligious aspectsHistory. | OdorsSocial aspectsHistory. | Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric. | BISAC: HISTORY / Ancient / Greece | LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical

Classification: LCC BF1591 .A34 2022 (print) | LCC BF1591 (ebook) | DDC 133.4/3dc23/eng/20220127

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021056657

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021056658

Cover illustration: Terracotta group of women seated around a well head. Gift of Mary Jaharis, in honor of Thomas P. Campbell, 2012. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Digital materials related to this title can be found on the Fulcrum platform via the following citable URL: https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.10082698

Abbreviations are those used in the Oxford Classical Dictionary, or, in the case of authors not included in the OCD, in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (Latin authors) or the Liddell-Scott-Jones Greek-English Lexicon (Greek authors). In a few cases, shorter abbreviations from the TLL/LSJ have been preferred to those in the OCD.

• AelianAel.
  • De natura animalium (On the Nature of Animals)NA
• AeschylusAesch.
  • AgamemnonAg.
  • Choephoroe (The Libation Bearers)Cho.
  • EumenidesEum.
  • Prometheus Vinctus (Prometheus Bound)PV
  • Trophoi (The Nurses of Dionysus)
• AlcaeusAlc.
• AnacreonAnac.
• Apollonius RhodiusAp. Rhod.
  • ArgonauticaArgon.
• ApuleiusApul.
  • ApologyApol.
  • MetamorphosesMet.
• AristophanesAr.
  • AcharniansAch.
  • EcclesiazusaeEccl.
  • Page viii Equites (Knights)Eq.
  • LysistrataLys.
  • Vespae (Wasps)Vesp.
• AristotleArist.
  • De Anima (On the Soul)De an.
• AthenaeusAth.
• Aulus GelliusGell.
  • Noctes Atticae (Attic Nights)NA
• CallimachusCallim.
  • EpigramsEpigr.
  • Hymn to DelosHymn 1
  • Hymn to AthenaHymn 5
• Cassius DioCass. Dio.
• CatoCato
  • De agricultura (On Agriculture)Agr.
• CatullusCatull.
• CelsusCelsus
  • De medicina Med.
• CiceroCic.
  • De divinatione (On Divination)Div.
  • De legibus Leg.
  • De officiis Off.
  • Epistulae ad Atticum Att.
  • In Verrem ( Against Verres )Verr.
  • Pro Caelio Cael.
  • Tusculanae disputationes Tusc.
• ColumellaColumella
  • De re rustica (On Farming)Rust.
• Diogenes LaertiusDiog. Laert.
• DioscoridesDsc.
• EnniusEnn.
• EuripidesEur.
  • AlcestisAlc.
  • MedeaMed.
  • HippolytusHipp.
  • Ion
  • Troades (Trojan Women)Tro.
• Page ix EustathiusEust.
  • Ad Odysseam (On The Odyssey)Od.
• Geoponika Gp.
• HerodotusHdt.
• HesiodHes.
  • Opera et Dies (Works and Days)Op.
  • Theogonia (Theogony)Theog.
• HippocratesHp.
  • De mulierum affectibus (On the Diseases of Women)Mul.
  • NutrimentAlim.
  • HumorsHum.
  • De natura muliebri (On the Nature of Women)Nat. Mul.
  • Excision of the FetusFoet. Exsect.
  • De morbo sacro (On the Sacred Disease)Morb. Sacr.
  • SuperfetationSuperf.
  • On Sterile WomenSteril.
• HomerHom.
  • IliadIl.
  • OdysseyOd.
  • Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite
  • Homeric Hymn to DemeterHom. Hymn Dem.
  • Homeric Hymn to Hermes
  • Homeric Hymn to Dionysus
• HoraceHor.
  • EpodiEpod.
  • Carmina or Odes (Odes)Carm.
  • SatiraeSat.
• JuvenalJuv.
• LucanLuc.
• LucianLucian
  • PhilopseudesPhilops.
• LuciliusLucil.
• LucretiusLucr.
• MacrobiusMacrob.
  • SaturnaliaSat.
• MartialMart.
• Moschus Mosch.
  • Europa
• Page x OvidOv.
  • Amores (Love Poems)Am.
  • Ars amatoria (The Art of Love)Ars Am.
  • Fasti Fast.
  • Medicamina faciei femineae (Facial Remedies for Women)Medic.
  • MetamorphosesMet.
  • Remedia amoris (Cures for Love)Rem. am.
• PalladiusPalladius
  • De re rustica (On Farming)
• PersiusPers.
• PhilostratusPhilostr.
  • ImaginesImag.
• PindarPind.
  • Isthmian OdesIsthm.
  • Pythian OdesPyth.
  • Olympian OdesOl.
• PlatoPl.
  • SymposiumSymp.a
  • TheaetetusTht.
• PlautusPlaut.
  • AmphitruoAmph.
  • AululariaAul.
  • BacchidesBacch.
  • CasinaCas.
  • EpidicusEpid.
  • Menaechmi Men.
  • Miles Gloriosus Mil.
  • MostellariaMostell.
  • PseudolusPseud.
• Pliny the ElderPlin.
  • Naturalis historia (Natural History)HN
• PlutarchPlut.
  • Life of AntonyAnt.
  • Life of CiceroCic.
  • Life of ThemistoclesThem.
  • De Iside et Osiride (Isis and Osiris)De Is. et Os.
  • Page xi De defectu oraculorum (On the Failure of Oracles)De def. or.
  • MoraliaMor.
• PorphyrionPorph.
  • Commentarii in Horatium (Commentary on Horace)Hor.
• PropertiusProp.
• Pseudo-ApuleiusPs. Apul.
• QuintilianQuint.
  • Institutio oratoria Inst.
• Q. Serenus SammonicusSer. med.
  • De re medica
• SapphoSapph.
• SemonidesSemon.
• Seneca the YoungerSen.
  • De beneficiis Ben.
  • Ad HelviamHelv.
• Silius ItalicusSil.
  • PunicaPun.
• SimonidesSimon.
• SophoclesSoph.
  • ElectraEl.
• SoranusSor.
  • Gynaeceia (Gynecology)Gyn.
• Statius
  • AchilleidAchil.
  • ThebaidTheb.
• SuetoniusSuet.
  • Divus AugustusAug.
  • Divus IuliusIul.
  • Divus VespasianusVesp