2019
"May Their Limbs Melt, Just as This Lead Shall Melt…" : Sympathetic Magic and Similia Similibus Formulae in Greek and Latin Curse Tablets (Part 1)
FRANEK, Juraj a Daniela URBANOVÁZákladní údaje
Originální název
"May Their Limbs Melt, Just as This Lead Shall Melt…" : Sympathetic Magic and Similia Similibus Formulae in Greek and Latin Curse Tablets (Part 1)
Autoři
FRANEK, Juraj (703 Slovensko) a Daniela URBANOVÁ (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)
Vydání
Philologia Classica, St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg State University, 2019, 0202-2532
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Článek v odborném periodiku
Obor
60304 Religious studies
Stát vydavatele
Rusko
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Odkazy
Kód RIV
RIV/00216224:14210/19:00110076
Organizační jednotka
Filozofická fakulta
UT WoS
000473314800004
Klíčová slova anglicky
curse tablets; defixiones; ancient magic; sympathetic magic; Greek and Latin epigraphy; similia similibus; simile formula; materiality; ghosts in antiquity
Štítky
Příznaky
Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 3. 4. 2020 20:16, Mgr. Zuzana Matulíková
Anotace
V originále
In this contribution, we present a representative corpus of similia similibus formulae attested in ancient Greek and Latin curse tablets or defixiones. The simile formulae, attested in about 80 tablets in widely differing states of preservation and legibility, are introduced in the context of sympathetic magic and, in contradistinction to literary similes, as performative utterances that are based on a persuasive analogy. This analogy operates in the general form of "just as X possesses property P, so let also Y possess property P", in which Y is the target or victim of the curse, while X and P are variables that change in accordance with the intended results. We provide a provisional taxonomy of simile formulae, offer new readings and interpretations of some defixiones, and compare Greek and Latin documents. Due to its length, the paper has been divided into two parts. In the first part, presented here, we focus on comparata that reference the materiality of the tablet itself and comparata referencing corpses or ghosts of the dead. The remaining comparata, namely animals, historiolae and rituals, aversus formulae and unusual orientations of the script, "names", and drawings, will be presented in a follow-up paper, to be published in the next issue of Philologia Classica.
Návaznosti
MUNI/A/1269/2018, interní kód MU |
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