Abstract
The concepts of electricity and magnetism, way before appearing as fundamental aspects of contemporary science and techonology, had their virtues sung in prose and verse, analyzed in philosophical studies, extolled in moral treatises, applied in medicine and, even in mythological literature. The history of its discovery, which we believe has not yet been completed, is confused with the very history of human knowledge, since remote times. Considering its importance, we will therefore try to weave some facts and narratives regarding to the formation of the concepts of electricity and magnetism throughout ancient history until the Middle Ages, in order to contribute with the studies related to this temporal cut in the context of physics.
Keywords:
History of physics; History of electricity and magnetism