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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... Voces mysticae —those “words” or “terms” in a spell that do not represent ordinary language—we have rendered in upper-case letters. On some tablets it is difficult to decide where one of these voces ends and the next one begins. On ...
... Voces mysticae —those “words” or “terms” in a spell that do not represent ordinary language—we have rendered in upper-case letters. On some tablets it is difficult to decide where one of these voces ends and the next one begins. On ...
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... voces mysticae discussed in the glossary. All non-standard words or terms, that is, the voces mysticae, have been printed in upper case. ... Spaced dots indicate a series of unreadable letters in the original text; in general we have ...
... voces mysticae discussed in the glossary. All non-standard words or terms, that is, the voces mysticae, have been printed in upper case. ... Spaced dots indicate a series of unreadable letters in the original text; in general we have ...
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... (voces mysticae) long before their widespread circulation from the first century C.E. onward.32 This folded tablet from Crete, dating to the fourth century B.C.E., must have been carried as a protective amulet (line 20 speaks of ...
... (voces mysticae) long before their widespread circulation from the first century C.E. onward.32 This folded tablet from Crete, dating to the fourth century B.C.E., must have been carried as a protective amulet (line 20 speaks of ...
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... voces mysticae and other forms of “unintelligible” writing can take up as much as 80 to 90 percent of the tablet, whereas in the amulet from Crete discussed previously, the ephesia grammata occupy no ... voces mysticae so characteristic of.
... voces mysticae and other forms of “unintelligible” writing can take up as much as 80 to 90 percent of the tablet, whereas in the amulet from Crete discussed previously, the ephesia grammata occupy no ... voces mysticae so characteristic of.
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... 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 strong likelihood that the commissioning and ...
... 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 strong likelihood that the commissioning and ...
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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