# Magic in Ancient Greece — WHE Article Discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** WHE Articles\ **Created:** [July 26, 2016, 9:00am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/magic-in-ancient-greece-whe-article-discussion/2317 "2016-07-26T09:00:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![markzcartwright](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/markzcartwright/32/35_2.png) [@markzcartwright](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/markzcartwright)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 9:00am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/magic-in-ancient-greece-whe-article-discussion/2317/1 "2016-07-26T09:00:21Z")
For the Greeks magic (_mageia_ or _goeteia_) was a wide-ranging topic which involved spells and evil prayers (_epoidai_), curse tablets (_katadesmoi_), enhancing drugs and deadly poisons (_pharmaka_), amulets (_periapta_) and powerful love potions (_philtra_). The modern separation of magic, superstition, religion, science, and astrology was not so clear in the ancient world. This mysterious, all-encompassing art of magic was practised by both male and female specialised magicians who people sought out to help them with their daily lives and to overcome what they saw as obstacles to their happiness. * * * _This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/article/926/magic-in-ancient-greece/](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/926/magic-in-ancient-greece/)._ ---
**Author:** ![markzcartwright](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/markzcartwright/32/35_2.png) [@markzcartwright](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/markzcartwright)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/magic-in-ancient-greece-whe-article-discussion/2317/2 "2026-07-28T20:46:24Z")
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