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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... target, with no verb of binding and no mention of deities or spirits; some do include both a verb (usually a form of katadein) and the name of a deity (in Attica usually Hermes or Persephone).27 Special forms of writing include either ...
... target, with no verb of binding and no mention of deities or spirits; some do include both a verb (usually a form of katadein) and the name of a deity (in Attica usually Hermes or Persephone).27 Special forms of writing include either ...
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... target and the supernatural beings, rarely the client). Here again, and in contrast to early views, we can see that the function of figures on the tablets is by no means unique or distinctive to them. For, as André Grabar has noted in ...
... target and the supernatural beings, rarely the client). Here again, and in contrast to early views, we can see that the function of figures on the tablets is by no means unique or distinctive to them. For, as André Grabar has noted in ...
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... target. But like many other features, these drawings have been little studied. A. D. Nock's plea of 1929 for a study of these drawings and their iconographie bearings remains largely unheeded.58 Gods, Daimones, and Spirits of the Dead ...
... target. But like many other features, these drawings have been little studied. A. D. Nock's plea of 1929 for a study of these drawings and their iconographie bearings remains largely unheeded.58 Gods, Daimones, and Spirits of the Dead ...
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... target should take on the characteristics of something mentioned in the spell (“As this lead is cold and useless, so may X be cold and useless!”); this, too, must have been regularly coupled, even if orally, with an appeal for divine ...
... target should take on the characteristics of something mentioned in the spell (“As this lead is cold and useless, so may X be cold and useless!”); this, too, must have been regularly coupled, even if orally, with an appeal for divine ...
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... target and, in cases where it was appropriate, the name of the client. Not all tablets included a personal name, but it is clear, especially in the Roman period, that tablets were sometimes prepared in advance, with space left for ...
... target and, in cases where it was appropriate, the name of the client. Not all tablets included a personal name, but it is clear, especially in the Roman period, that tablets were sometimes prepared in advance, with space left for ...
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8 | |
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