Magic and Witchcraft in Ancient Greece and Rome

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The origins and theories of magic (Pliny the Elder and Apuleius: September 11)

Love charms and potions  (Pliny the Elder on various items used in love magic and as aphrodisiacs, October 11)

Apuleius (Extracts from his defense speech, October 16)

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