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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... names. Thus a name will not uncommonly appear in two forms: Sôkratês (in the text) and Socrates (in the discussion). Voces mysticae —those “words” or “terms” in a spell that do not represent ordinary language—we have rendered in upper ...
... names. Thus a name will not uncommonly appear in two forms: Sôkratês (in the text) and Socrates (in the discussion). Voces mysticae —those “words” or “terms” in a spell that do not represent ordinary language—we have rendered in upper ...
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... , heavy, and ordinary) came to be seen, at a later time, as particularly suitable for the specific task of conveying curses and spells to the underworld. A tablet from the Athenian Agora pleads that “just as these names are cold,
... , heavy, and ordinary) came to be seen, at a later time, as particularly suitable for the specific task of conveying curses and spells to the underworld. A tablet from the Athenian Agora pleads that “just as these names are cold,
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... name of a deity (in Attica usually Hermes or Persephone).27 Special forms of writing include either scrambling the names of the targets28 or writing them, and sometimes the full text of the spell, backwards—that is, from left to right ...
... name of a deity (in Attica usually Hermes or Persephone).27 Special forms of writing include either scrambling the names of the targets28 or writing them, and sometimes the full text of the spell, backwards—that is, from left to right ...
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... names of supernatural entities, just as the later voces mysticae come to function as the secret and powerful names of the gods invoked in the spells.38 Also, the relatively simple forms of the earlier tablets may be explained by the ...
... names of supernatural entities, just as the later voces mysticae come to function as the secret and powerful names of the gods invoked in the spells.38 Also, the relatively simple forms of the earlier tablets may be explained by the ...
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... names ending in -êl and -ôth, clearly built on Jewish and Hebrew models; 6. voces mysticae —words not immediately ... names,41 when used properly, convey to the theurgist the powers of the gods. He adds that names lose their theurgical ...
... names ending in -êl and -ôth, clearly built on Jewish and Hebrew models; 6. voces mysticae —words not immediately ... names,41 when used properly, convey to the theurgist the powers of the gods. He adds that names lose their theurgical ...
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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