Petros Koutoupis sits down with classicist and author, Alexis Hannah Prescott, to discuss witches and their Classical origins. We talk about her latest book, The First Witches: Women of Power in the Classical World, and dig into how the image of the ancient witch has changed over time. What shaped the way people started to see witches differently? And how does all of that tie into modern witchcraft today?

See more of Alexis Prescott’s research on this topic:

* Pen & Sword: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/blog/the-romans-and-the-halloween-style-witch

* And YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7KYoMYP5q4 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itzBwrR9xvg



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