Exorcisms, oaths, and invocations in Greek and Latin curse
tablets, funerary inscriptions, and amulets : Some preliminary
results

D 2025

Exorcisms, oaths, and invocations in Greek and Latin curse tablets, funerary inscriptions, and amulets : Some preliminary results

URBANOVÁ, Daniela; Juraj FRANEK a Ulrike EHMIG

Základní údaje

Originální název

Exorcisms, oaths, and invocations in Greek and Latin curse tablets, funerary inscriptions, and amulets : Some preliminary results

Autoři

URBANOVÁ, Daniela ; Juraj FRANEK a Ulrike EHMIG

Vydání

1. vyd. Turnhout, Varietate delectamur : Multifarious Approaches to Synchronic and Diachronic Variation in Latin, od s. 767-777, 11 s. 2025

Nakladatel

Brepols Publishers

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Stať ve sborníku

Obor

60202 Specific languages

Stát vydavatele

Belgie

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Forma vydání

tištěná verze "print"

Odkazy

URL

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

ISBN

978-2-503-60679-8

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1484/M.LVLT-EB.5.142508

UT WoS

999

Klíčová slova anglicky

Magic; Adjuration Formula; Curse Tablets; Funerary Inscriptions; Amulets

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 15. 1. 2026 08:46, Mgr. Ester Gaja Pučálková, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

One of the persistent features of ancient Greek and Latin curse tablets is the use of various adjuration formulae introduced by ὁρκίζω/adiuro and their compounds. These are very well attested, with no less than 68 Greek and 12 Latin defixiones extant. On a syntactic level, adjuration formulae may be simple (ὁρκίζω/adiuro followed by the accusative) or complex (reinforced with a mediation syntagma, usually introduced by κατά/per, or having other additional elements, such as a promise of a reward for the fulfilment of the adjuring party’s wishes or a sanction for a failure to comply). The primary addressee of the adjuration formula is usually the ghost of an untimely dead person, compelled to fulfil the wishes of the beneficiary of the curse. This adjuration formula is, however, attested also in other contexts, sometimes with a markedly different function, as we find in Christian epitaphs and other funerary inscriptions as well as on magical amulets. In our contribution, we present an overview of the structure and performative function of the adjuration formula in Greek and Latin epigraphical documentation from its earliest attestations up to the end of Late Antiquity and beyond.

Návaznosti

GA21-06319S, projekt VaV

Název: Performativní formule v epigrafických dokumentech antické středomořské tradice

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Performativní formule v epigrafických dokumentech antické středomořské tradice

Citovat

URBANOVÁ, Daniela; Juraj FRANEK a Ulrike EHMIG. Exorcisms, oaths, and invocations in Greek and Latin curse tablets, funerary inscriptions, and amulets : Some preliminary results. In Galdi, Giovanbattista; Aerts, Simon; Pappini, Alessandro. Varietate delectamur : Multifarious Approaches to Synchronic and Diachronic Variation in Latin. 1. vyd. Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2025, s. 767-777. ISBN 978-2-503-60679-8. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1484/M.LVLT-EB.5.142508.

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URBANOVÁ, Daniela; Juraj FRANEK a Ulrike EHMIG. Exorcisms, oaths, and invocations in Greek and Latin curse tablets, funerary inscriptions, and amulets : Some preliminary results. In Galdi, Giovanbattista; Aerts, Simon; Pappini, Alessandro. \textit{Varietate delectamur : Multifarious Approaches to Synchronic and Diachronic Variation in Latin}. 1. vyd. Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2025, s.~767-777. ISBN~978-2-503-60679-8. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1484/M.LVLT-EB.5.142508.

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