Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient WorldJohn G. Gager Oxford University Press, 28 de out. de 1999 - 296 páginas In the ancient Greco-Roman world, it was common practice to curse or bind an enemy or rival by writing an incantation on a tablet and dedicating it to a god or spirit. These curses or binding spells, commonly called defixiones were intended to bring other people under the power and control of those who commissioned them. More than a thousand such texts, written between the 5th Century B.C.E. and the 5th Century C.E., have been discovered from North Africa to England, and from Syria to Spain. Extending into every aspect of ancient life--athletic and theatrical competitions, judicial proceedings, love affairs, business rivalries, and the recovery of stolen property--they shed light on a new dimension of classical study previously inaccessible. Here, for the first time, these texts have been translated into English with a substantial translator's introduction revealing the cultural, social, and historical context for the texts. This book will interest historians, classicists, scholars of religion, and those concerned with ancient magic. |
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... Context” GMP HTR IG intailles magiques gréco-égyptiennes (Paris, 1964) IG, vol. 3, pt. 3, Appendix: “Defixionum Tabellae” (Berlin, 1897) Defixionum Tabellae, ed. A. Audollent (Paris, 1904) L. Dubois, Inscriptions grecques dialectales de ...
... Context” GMP HTR IG intailles magiques gréco-égyptiennes (Paris, 1964) IG, vol. 3, pt. 3, Appendix: “Defixionum Tabellae” (Berlin, 1897) Defixionum Tabellae, ed. A. Audollent (Paris, 1904) L. Dubois, Inscriptions grecques dialectales de ...
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... Context,” pp. 3–32. 4. Jordan, “Agora,” p. 206. 5. A piece of Attic black-ware, dating from the late fifth or the early fourth century B.C.E., and published by M. Nilsson, Geschichte der griechischen Religion, vol. 1 (Munich, 1967), p ...
... Context,” pp. 3–32. 4. Jordan, “Agora,” p. 206. 5. A piece of Attic black-ware, dating from the late fifth or the early fourth century B.C.E., and published by M. Nilsson, Geschichte der griechischen Religion, vol. 1 (Munich, 1967), p ...
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... Context,” p. 7. 10. See pp. 205–7; such bowls were normally used for protective, not aggressive purposes. 11. The recipes used in the later Roman empire in producing defixiones do not always specify lead. PGM X, lines 24–35, a spell for ...
... Context,” p. 7. 10. See pp. 205–7; such bowls were normally used for protective, not aggressive purposes. 11. The recipes used in the later Roman empire in producing defixiones do not always specify lead. PGM X, lines 24–35, a spell for ...
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... Context,” p. 4, for a discussion of lead as a medium for writing documents other than curses and spells. 17. Jordan, “Agora,” p. 207. 18. See Tomlin, p. 82, n. 3. 19. DTA, nos. 105, 106, 107. 20. Tomlin, p. 81. 21. Such a range can ...
... Context,” p. 4, for a discussion of lead as a medium for writing documents other than curses and spells. 17. Jordan, “Agora,” p. 207. 18. See Tomlin, p. 82, n. 3. 19. DTA, nos. 105, 106, 107. 20. Tomlin, p. 81. 21. Such a range can ...
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... Context,” pp. 5–6. The early separation of oral and written aspects of curses might explain the unusual cache of forty blank tablets (DT 109), each rolled up and pierced with a nail, found at Rom in France (Deux-Sèvres). If these ...
... Context,” pp. 5–6. The early separation of oral and written aspects of curses might explain the unusual cache of forty blank tablets (DT 109), each rolled up and pierced with a nail, found at Rom in France (Deux-Sèvres). If these ...
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Legal and Political Disputes | 25 |
Businesses Shops and Taverns | 25 |
Pleas for Justice and Revenge | 25 |
Miscellaneous Tablets | 25 |
Antidotes and Counterspells | 25 |
Testimonies | 52 |
Glossary of Uncommon Words | 84 |
Index | 3 |
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ABRASAX Agora amulets ancient angels appears Aramaic Asia Minor Athenian Athens Attica Audollent Bibl binding spells bowl Cairo Geniza charaktêres Charias chariot Christian client common Context curse tablets D. R. Jordan daimones defixiones deity Demeter deposited discussion Egypt Egyptian ephesia grammata Faraone figures figurine Fluchtafeln formulas fourth century B.C.E. gave birth goddess gods grave Greece Greek term hands Hebrew Hekate Hermes holy horses IAÔ Incantations inscribed inscription invoke Jewish Kerameikos Latin Lead tablet measuring letters lines location not known Lord love spells Magic Magika mentioned nail names one’s original location Osiris palindrome papyri Peiraeus Persephone person Picatrix Preisendanz probably professional racing recipes reference ritual Roman Rome second century C.E. Sethian Side sixth century C.E. slaves soul spirits target third century C.E. Tomlin tongue translation trierarch underworld verb Versnel voces mysticae woman words Wortmann written Wünsch Ziebarth