It is an invocation of beneficent spirits for the production of something good; like the oracles of Apollonius of
Tyana.[1] [sc. By contrast] sorcery [
gohtei/a] is an invocation of maleficent spirits which takes place around the graves. But [the term] witchcraft [
farmakei/a] [is used] when some death-dealing concoction is given as a potion or otherwise by mouth to someone.[2]
But haruspicy [= liver-inspection] is the dissection of the entrails [of sacrificed animals], by which they used to foretell coming events. For when dissecting they observed certain signs in the livers.[3]
See also under
gohtei/a.[4] Concerning magic, see under Persians.[5]
Mageia: epiklêsis esti daimonôn agathopoiôn pros agathou tinos sustasin: hôs ta tou Apollôniou tou Tuaneôs thespismata. goêteia epiklêsis esti daimonôn kakopoiôn peri tous taphous ginomenê. pharmakeia de, hotan dia tinos skeuasias thanatêphorou pros philtron, ê allôs dothêi tisi dia stomatos. hêpatoskopia de hê tôn enkatôn anatomê, di' hôn proemênuon ta sumbêsomena. anatemnontes gar sêmeia tina etheôroun en tois hêpasi. kai zêtei en tôi goêteia. zêtei peri mageias en tôi Persai.
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