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What is the time period for the; Archaic Age

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800-480 BC

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What is the time period for the; Classical Age

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480-323 BC

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What is the time period for the; Hellenistic Age

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323-146 BC

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What is the time period for the; Regal Age

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7-6 Centuries BC

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What is the time period for the; Early Republic

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509 BC- early 1st Century BC

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What is the time period for the; Late Republic

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1st Century BC

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What is the time period for the; Early Imperial Age

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27 BC- 1st Century AD

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What is the time period for the; Mid- late Imperial Age

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2nd Century AD- 476 AD

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Name the 3 Greek Time Periods

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Archaic Age
Classical Age
Hellenistic Age

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Name the 6 Roman Time Periods

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Regal Age
Early Republic 
Late Republic
Early Imperial Age
Mid- late Imperial Age
Christian Age
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Define; Magic

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Technique grounded in a belief in powers located in the human soul and in the universe outside ourselves (Luck)

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Define; law of sympathy

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The magician acts out a procedure on models of the intended victim (Frazer)

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Define; law of contact

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Things that have been in physical contact then act upon one another even at a distance (Frazer)

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Define; Spiritual

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Non-physical, with no ethical connotations

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Define; Spiritual creatures

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Gods, spirits, demons, diamonds and angles

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Define; Daimones

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Spiritual beings, entities

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Define; Material Magica

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Magical material

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Define; Talismans

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Good luck charms

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Define; Kolossos

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Figure/doll/poppet

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Define; Voces Mysticae (pl)
Vox Mystica (s)
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Magical words

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Define; Charakteres

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Magical symbols

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Define; Spells

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Spoken or written to provoke or challenge

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Define; Aoroj

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People dead before their time

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Define; Biothanatoi

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Dead by violence

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Define; Agamoi
Dead before marriage
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Define; Ataphoi
Dead without burial
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Define; Rhizotomoi
Professional herbalist
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Define; Prophecy
Receiving messages from God (divine revelation)
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Define; Divination
Functions to learn knowledge that otherwise would be inaccessible (past, present, future)
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Define; Scrying
Crystal-gazing
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Define; Catoptromancy
Mirror gazing
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Define; Hydromancy
Water in a bowl gazing
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Define; Lecanomany
Sounds made by dropping crystals into water
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Define; Necromancy
Divination of dead people/omens
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Define; Astrology
Interpretation and prognostication of events on earth, and of men's characteristics and disposition (Tester)
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Define; Judicial
Predicts from celestials or meteorological phenomena the future of the King/country
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Define; Horoscopic
Character and fortune of an individual
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What is the Greek word for; Magic
Mageia
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What is the Greek word for; priests and scholars of astrology and divination
Magos
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What is the Greek word for; The employment of drugs or potions
Pharmakeia
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What is the Greek word for; Male poisoner/sorcerer/druggist
Pharmakeus
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What is the Greek word for; Female poisoner/sorceress/witch
Pharmakis
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What is the Greek word for; Wizardry or Witchcraft
Goeteia
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What is the Greek word for; Beggar priest
Agurtes
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What is the Greek word for; Curse tablets/binding spells
Katodesmoi
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What is the Roman word for; science of magi= magic
Magia
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What is the Roman word for; Of or belonging to magic magical
Magicus
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What is the Roman word for; Masculine- Magician, learned man
Magus
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What is the Roman word for; Feminie- Female magician, enchantress
Maga
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What is the Roman word for; Defixiones
Curse Tablets/binding tablets
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What does the Direct binding formula do
Acts directly upon the victim
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What does the Prayer formula do
Gods or Daimones are involved
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What does the Simila similibus formula
Pervasive analogy
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What is the Roman word for; Diviners, wise men, fortune-tellers
Sagi
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What is the Roman word for; Magicians and enchanters
Malefici
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What is the Roman word for; Poisoner/sorcerers/wizards
Venefici
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What is the Roman word for; Foretellers/Seers/Soothsayers/Prophets
Vates
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What is the Roman word for; Diviners/wise women/fortune-teller/soothsayer
Sagae
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What is the Roman word for; Women who knew more
Plussciae
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What is the Roman word for; Female Diviners
Divinae
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What is the Roman word for; Female Foretellers/seers/soothsayers/prophets
Vates
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What is the Roman word for; Brewers of potion
Veneficae
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What is the Roman word for; Women with the power to change themselves into animals
Versipelles
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What is the GMP
Body of papyri from Greco-Roman Egypt containing a variety of magical spells
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What is the Greek word for magical formulas?
Teletai
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What's the work for ghosts
Manes
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What's the word for shades or spirits of the restless
Lemures
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What's the word for the shades
Umbrae
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What is the word for when a part is named, the whole it belongs too makes sense
Synecdoche
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Define Archetypes
Used to explain unconscious and conscious psychic content- universal image that can change over time
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Define fairy tale
Narratives set in the distant past of events that would be impossible in the real world

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