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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... -513482-6 (Pbk.) 1. Incantations. 2. Blessing and cursing. BF1558.C87 1992 133.4′4—dc20 91-33236 CIP 1 35 79 8 64 2 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper Preface This project arose initially from a desire to define.
... -513482-6 (Pbk.) 1. Incantations. 2. Blessing and cursing. BF1558.C87 1992 133.4′4—dc20 91-33236 CIP 1 35 79 8 64 2 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper Preface This project arose initially from a desire to define.
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... Incantations of Late Antiquity (Jerusalem, 1985) Prosopographia Attica, ed. J. Kirchner (Berlin, 1901/1903) spells in Demotic, often with Greek; part of the collection in GMP W. Peek, Kerameikos, Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen, vol. 3 ...
... Incantations of Late Antiquity (Jerusalem, 1985) Prosopographia Attica, ed. J. Kirchner (Berlin, 1901/1903) spells in Demotic, often with Greek; part of the collection in GMP W. Peek, Kerameikos, Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen, vol. 3 ...
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... incantations. Gradually, with the growth of written language in Greek culture, these oral accompaniments were written down and took their place on the tablet alongside the traditional elements (the names of the targets and the deities ...
... incantations. Gradually, with the growth of written language in Greek culture, these oral accompaniments were written down and took their place on the tablet alongside the traditional elements (the names of the targets and the deities ...
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... incantations which are repeated several times must contain the name of the patient's mother.'”71 Various explanations have been advanced for this unusual custom: because precise identification was necessary, only the mother could be ...
... incantations which are repeated several times must contain the name of the patient's mother.'”71 Various explanations have been advanced for this unusual custom: because precise identification was necessary, only the mother could be ...
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... Incantations and Prayers for Salvation on Inscribed Greek Amulets,” in Magika, pp. 107–37. On gold and silver tablets in particular, see Kotansky's Ph.D. dissertation, “Texts and Studies in the Graeco-Egyptian Magic Lamellae: An ...
... Incantations and Prayers for Salvation on Inscribed Greek Amulets,” in Magika, pp. 107–37. On gold and silver tablets in particular, see Kotansky's Ph.D. dissertation, “Texts and Studies in the Graeco-Egyptian Magic Lamellae: An ...
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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