Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: Ancient Greece and Rome
- ISBN-10
- 048589002X
- ISBN-13
- 9780485890020
- Category
- Magic
- Pages
- 395
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- A&C Black
- Author
- Valerie Irene Jane Flint
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- 2001-01-01
- 189 pages
- Paperback
- Bloomsbury Publishing
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