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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... figures, along with the probably astrological charaktêres, become omnipresent; 4. a general increase in Egyptian elements occurs, reflecting the fact that most of the surviving formularies were produced and copied in Egypt and thus ...
... figures, along with the probably astrological charaktêres, become omnipresent; 4. a general increase in Egyptian elements occurs, reflecting the fact that most of the surviving formularies were produced and copied in Egypt and thus ...
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... figures on earlier tablets is virtually nonexistent, the stone monument discussed previously does incorporate, in ... figure). Still, there can be no mistaking the more elaborate forms of speech in tablets of the Roman period; in general ...
... figures on earlier tablets is virtually nonexistent, the stone monument discussed previously does incorporate, in ... figure). Still, there can be no mistaking the more elaborate forms of speech in tablets of the Roman period; in general ...
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... Figure 1); 3. vowel-series40; 4. triangles, squares, “wings,” and other geometric shapes made up of letters; FIGURE 1. Charaktêres from a medieval Arabic manuscript of the.
... Figure 1); 3. vowel-series40; 4. triangles, squares, “wings,” and other geometric shapes made up of letters; FIGURE 1. Charaktêres from a medieval Arabic manuscript of the.
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... figure of a human torso with head of a rooster and snakes for legs). In general terms, the meaning or function of these figures is obvious: like the voces mysticae which they represent, they embody and make present the reality of the ...
... figure of a human torso with head of a rooster and snakes for legs). In general terms, the meaning or function of these figures is obvious: like the voces mysticae which they represent, they embody and make present the reality of the ...
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... figures wrapped about with straps or snakes were intended to anticipate and enact the desired outcome of the spell itself, to bind or in some other way harm the target. But like many other features, these drawings have been little ...
... figures wrapped about with straps or snakes were intended to anticipate and enact the desired outcome of the spell itself, to bind or in some other way harm the target. But like many other features, these drawings have been little ...
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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