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@article{1598975, author = {Franek, Juraj and Urbanová, Daniela}, article_location = {St. Petersburg}, article_number = {2}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu20.2019.202}, keywords = {curse tablets; defixiones; ancient magic; sympathetic magic; Greek and Latin epigraphy; similia similibus; simile formula; materiality; ghosts in antiquity}, language = {eng}, issn = {0202-2532}, journal = {Philologia Classica}, title = {"As Isis Loved Osiris, So Let Matrona Love Theodoros..." : Sympathetic Magic and Similia Similibus Formulae in Greek and Latin Curse Tablets (Part 2)}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/11701/17052}, volume = {14}, year = {2019} }
TY - JOUR ID - 1598975 AU - Franek, Juraj - Urbanová, Daniela PY - 2019 TI - "As Isis Loved Osiris, So Let Matrona Love Theodoros..." : Sympathetic Magic and Similia Similibus Formulae in Greek and Latin Curse Tablets (Part 2) JF - Philologia Classica VL - 14 IS - 2 SP - 177-207 EP - 177-207 PB - St. Petersburg State University SN - 02022532 KW - curse tablets KW - defixiones KW - ancient magic KW - sympathetic magic KW - Greek and Latin epigraphy KW - similia similibus KW - simile formula KW - materiality KW - ghosts in antiquity UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11701/17052 N2 - 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, we focused on comparata that reference the materiality of the tablet itself and comparata referencing corpses or ghosts of the dead. In the second part, presented here, we focus on the remaining comparata, namely animals, historiolae and rituals, aversus formulae and unusual orientations of the script, "names" and drawings. ER -
FRANEK, Juraj and Daniela URBANOVÁ. ''As Isis Loved Osiris, So Let Matrona Love Theodoros...'' : Sympathetic Magic and Similia Similibus Formulae in Greek and Latin Curse Tablets (Part 2). \textit{Philologia Classica}. St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg State University, 2019, vol.~14, No~2, p.~177-207. ISSN~0202-2532. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu20.2019.202.
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