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Fritz Graf

Author of Magic in the Ancient World

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Fritz Graf is Professor of Classics, Princeton University.

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Magika Hiera: Ancient Greek Magic and Religion (1991) — Contributor — 162 copies
The Cambridge Companion to Ovid (2001) — Contributor — 90 copies
Greek Mysteries: The Archaeology of Ancient Greek Secret Cults (2002) — Contributor — 70 copies
The Cambridge Companion to Roman Satire (2005) — Contributor — 61 copies, 1 review
Daughters of Hecate: Women and Magic in the Ancient World (2014) — Contributor — 54 copies, 1 review
Ancient Magic and Ritual Power (1995) — Contributor — 54 copies
A Cultural History of Gesture (1991) — Contributor — 45 copies, 2 reviews
The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) — Contributor — 44 copies
Medea: Essays on Medea in Myth, Literature, Philosophy, and Art (1997) — Contributor — 44 copies, 1 review
Magic and Ritual in the Ancient World (2002) — Contributor — 37 copies
The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Theatre (2007) — Contributor — 36 copies
Masks of Dionysus (Myth and Poetics) (1993) — Contributor — 33 copies
A Companion to Greek Mythology (2011) — Contributor — 28 copies
Interpretations of Greek Mythology (Routledge Revivals) (1987) — Contributor — 27 copies
The 'Orphic' Gold Tablets and Greek Religion: Further along the Path (2011) — Contributor — 27 copies
Mantike: Studies in Ancient Divination (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World) (2005) — Contributor — 25 copies
Heavenly Realms and Earthly Realities in Late Antique Religions (2004) — Contributor — 22 copies
The Gods of Ancient Greece: Identities and Transformations (Edinburgh Leventis Studies) (2010) — Contributor — 20 copies
Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World) (2019) — Contributor — 16 copies
Ancient Mediterranean Sacrifice (2011) — Contributor — 15 copies
A Cultural History of Humour: From Antiquity to the Present Day (1997) — Contributor — 14 copies
From Myth to Reason?: Studies in the Development of Greek Thought (1999) — Contributor — 14 copies
Initiation in Ancient Greek Rituals and Narratives: New Critical Perspectives (2003) — Contributor — 11 copies
Cults and Rites in Ancient Greece: Essays on Religion and Society (2014) — Contributor — 11 copies
Women and Gender in Ancient Religions: Interdisciplinary Approaches (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament) (2010) — Contributor — 10 copies
The Individual in the Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean (2013) — Contributor — 10 copies
Einleitung in die griechische Philologie (1997) — Contributor — 8 copies
Athenian comedy in the Roman Empire (2015) — Contributor — 8 copies
The Gods of the Greeks (Wisconsin Studies in Classics) (2021) — Foreword — 7 copies
Round Trip to Hades in the Eastern Mediterranean Tradition (Cultural Interactions in the Mediterranean) (2018) — Contributor — 6 copies
Animals in Ancient Greek Religion (2020) — Contributor — 6 copies
TRACING ORPHEUS SOZ 10 (Sozomena) (2011) — Contributor — 6 copies
Kykeon: Studies in Honour of H.S. Versnel (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World) (2002) — Contributor — 4 copies
Poetry as Initiation: The Center for Hellenic Studies Symposium on the Derveni Papyrus (2014) — Contributor — 4 copies
The world of ancient magic : papers from the first International Samson Eitrem Seminar at the Norwegian Institute at Athens, 4-8 May 1997 (1998) — Contributor — 4 copies
L' Héra de Zeus: Ennemie intime, épouse définitive (2016) — Preface, some editions — 4 copies
Intende, lector : echoes of myth, religion and ritual in the ancient novel (2013) — Contributor — 3 copies
Greek and Roman animal sacrifice ancient victims, modern observers (2012) — Contributor — 3 copies
Athena in the Classical World (2001) — Contributor — 3 copies
The Role of Religion in the Early Greek Polis (1996) — Contributor — 3 copies
Aspects of Roman Dance Culture: Religious Cults, Theatrical Entertainments, Metaphorical Appropriations (German Edition) (2022) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Procrustes264 reviews
Greek Mythology: An Introduction by Fritz Graf
Graf gives a good overview of approaches to understanding Greek myths, from the ancient Greeks themselves to modern theorists, with a solid introductory bibliography (much of it not in English). The title is a bit deceptive. If you are just looking for the myths themselves, you will be disappointed. This should not be your first book on the subject. It will help to have read one of the usual suspects (Hamilton, Bulfinch, etc.), if not Homer, Hesiod, and Ovid, first.
Dec 5, 2025
tole_lege169 reviews
Magic in the Ancient World (Revealing Antiquity) by Fritz Graf
Academic treatment of the title subject, with an emphasis on Greece and Rome. The introduction gives a good overview of the history of the study of magic itself (compare and contrast to Druids, Witches and King Arthur).
Oct 23, 20051 other review
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luvucenanzo06921 reviews
La magia nel mondo antico by Fritz Graf
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