02874nam 2200661Ia 450 991077732200332120230422045015.00-19-773876-10-19-988118-997866108342661-280-83426-90-19-802277-80-19-535062-6(CKB)1000000000413580(EBL)430860(OCoLC)436988542(SSID)ssj0000293320(PQKBManifestationID)12064781(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000293320(PQKBWorkID)10274111(PQKB)10128247(SSID)ssj0000134092(PQKBManifestationID)11134039(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000134092(PQKBWorkID)10053556(PQKB)11207120(Au-PeEL)EBL430860(CaPaEBR)ebr10358255(CaONFJC)MIL83426(MiAaPQ)EBC430860(EXLCZ)99100000000041358019991120d1999 uy 0engurunu---uuuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCurse tablets and binding spells from the ancient world[electronic resource] /edited by John G. GagerNew York Oxford University Press19991 online resource (xv, 278 pages) illustrationsIncludes index.0-19-506226-4 0-19-513482-6 Contents; Abbreviations and Conventions; Introduction; 1. Competition in Theater and Circus; 2. Sex, Love, and Marriage; 3. Tongue-Tied in Court: Legal and Political Disputes; 4. Businesses, Shops, and Taverns; 5. Pleas for Justice and Revenge; 6. Miscellaneous Tablets; 7. Antidotes and Counterspells; 8. Testimonies; Glossary of Uncommon Words; IndexIn 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.IncantationsBlessing and cursingIncantations.Blessing and cursing.133.44Gager John G161485MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777322003321Curse tablets and binding spells from the ancient world175249UNINA