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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... (probably a figurine representing the faithless Delphis), so may Delphis of Myndus waste away at once from love.” Among other things, this text warns us not to read such actions literally, for if we were to find just the melted wax we ...
... (probably a figurine representing the faithless Delphis), so may Delphis of Myndus waste away at once from love.” Among other things, this text warns us not to read such actions literally, for if we were to find just the melted wax we ...
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... probably “professional” from the beginning.4 A list of prizes from Athens in the fifth century B.C.E. reveals the comprehensive character of these games— rhapsodists reciting Homer, singers with harp or flute, instrumentalists on harp ...
... probably “professional” from the beginning.4 A list of prizes from Athens in the fifth century B.C.E. reveals the comprehensive character of these games— rhapsodists reciting Homer, singers with harp or flute, instrumentalists on harp ...
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... against a runner. In addition, one of the tablets from the find in the Athenian Agora, directed against a certain Alkidamos, probably concerns a foot race (pp. 221–22). 16. On chariot racing, see especially Alan Cameron, Porphyrius the.
... against a runner. In addition, one of the tablets from the find in the Athenian Agora, directed against a certain Alkidamos, probably concerns a foot race (pp. 221–22). 16. On chariot racing, see especially Alan Cameron, Porphyrius the.
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... label raises the possibility that the tablet may have arisen out of rivalry between actors. The actor's son, Asteas,. 1. Greece, Attica; original location uncertain. Probably fourth or twelve, thirteen if one can be assumed between the legs ...
... label raises the possibility that the tablet may have arisen out of rivalry between actors. The actor's son, Asteas,. 1. Greece, Attica; original location uncertain. Probably fourth or twelve, thirteen if one can be assumed between the legs ...
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... probably made by a nail. Dated to the late fifth or early sixth century C.E. The figures invoked are especially interesting. The text appeals to the charaktêres, known from other tablets and texts. At the end of the text, two unusual ...
... probably made by a nail. Dated to the late fifth or early sixth century C.E. The figures invoked are especially interesting. The text appeals to the charaktêres, known from other tablets and texts. At the end of the text, two unusual ...
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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