Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World

Name: Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World
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ISBN: 9780195134827

ISBN-10: 0195134826

ISBN-13: 9780195134827

Edition: 1992

Authors: John G. Gager

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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…

Book details

List price: $67.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/28/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 8.11" wide x 5.39" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Abbreviations and Conventions


Introduction



Competition in Theater and Circus



Sex, Love, and Marriage



Tongue-Tied in Court: Legal and Political Disputes



Businesses, Shops, and Taverns



Pleas for Justice and Revenge



Miscellaneous Tablets



Antidotes and Counterspells



Testimonies


Glossary of Uncommon Words


Index