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 [γοητεία ] is an invocation of maleficent spirits which takes place around the graves. But [the term] witchcraft [φαρμακεία ] [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 γοητεία .[4] Concerning magic, see under Persians.[5]