Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient WorldJohn G. Gager Oxford University Press, 28 de out. de 1999 - 278 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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... Hermes or Persephone ) .27 Special forms of writ- ing 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 but with the individual ...
... Hermes or Persephone ) .27 Special forms of writ- ing 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 but with the individual ...
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... Hermes is by far the most common ; he is followed by Hekate , Kore and Persephone , Hades ( also known as Pluto ) , Gê / Gaia , " the holy goddess " ( at Selinus in Sicily ) , and finally Demeter ( often cited together with " the gods ...
... Hermes is by far the most common ; he is followed by Hekate , Kore and Persephone , Hades ( also known as Pluto ) , Gê / Gaia , " the holy goddess " ( at Selinus in Sicily ) , and finally Demeter ( often cited together with " the gods ...
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... Hermes ) , Seth , and Osiris . In addition to contributions from Egypt , one finds significant elements from Jewish sources , from Persia , and at a later date from Christianity . In general , two factors seem to have governed the ...
... Hermes ) , Seth , and Osiris . In addition to contributions from Egypt , one finds significant elements from Jewish sources , from Persia , and at a later date from Christianity . In general , two factors seem to have governed the ...
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... Hermes " ) . 94 In thinking about how tablets were deposited , we need also to ask whether it was the client or the scribe or magos who carried out the physical act of deposition . Like the related question of who made the inscriptions ...
... Hermes " ) . 94 In thinking about how tablets were deposited , we need also to ask whether it was the client or the scribe or magos who carried out the physical act of deposition . Like the related question of who made the inscriptions ...
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... Hermes and supplicating the figure of Dike / Justice . 123 Much earlier , the civilizations of the ancient Near East and Egypt display a wide variety of techniques for cursing and binding others and for protecting individuals against ...
... Hermes and supplicating the figure of Dike / Justice . 123 Much earlier , the civilizations of the ancient Near East and Egypt display a wide variety of techniques for cursing and binding others and for protecting individuals against ...
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1 Competition in Theater and Circus | 42 |
2 Sex Love and Marriage | 78 |
Legal and Political Disputes | 116 |
4 Businesses Shops and Taverns | 151 |
5 Pleas for Justice and Revenge | 175 |
6 Miscellaneous Tablets | 200 |
7 Antidotes and Counterspells | 218 |
8 Testimonies | 243 |
Glossary of Uncommon Words | 265 |
Index | 271 |
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ABRASAX Agora amulets ancient angels appears Aramaic Athenian Athens Attica Bibl binding spells bowl Cairo Geniza charaktêres Charias chariot charms Christian client common curse tablets D. R. Jordan daimones defixiones deity Demeter deposited discussion Egypt Egyptian ephesia grammata Faraone figures figurines Fluchtafeln formula fourth century B.C.E. gave birth goddess gods grave Greece Greek term hands Hekate Hermes holy horses inscribed inscription invocation invoked Jewish Kerameikos Latin Lead tablet measuring letters location not known Lord love spells magic Magika mentioned nail Naveh and Shaked original location Osiris palindrome papyri Peiraeus Persephone person phrase Picatrix pleas for justice Preisendanz probably recipes reference restrain ritual Roman Rome second century C.E. Selinus Sethian Side sixth century C.E. slave soul spirits target third century C.E. tion Tomlin tongue translation trierarch underworld verb Versnel voces mysticae woman words written Wünsch