Curse tablets and binding spells from the ancient world / / edited by John G. Gager

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 278 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 133.44
• Soggetto topico: Incantations; Blessing and cursing
• Altri autori: GagerJohn G
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Curse tablets and binding spells from the ancient world
• ISBN: 0-19-773876-1; 0-19-988118-9; 9786610834266; 1-280-83426-9; 0-19-802277-8; 0-19-535062-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814808103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.