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“May Their Limbs Melt, Just as This Lead Shall Melt…”: Sympathetic Magic and Similia Similibus Formulae in Greek and Latin Curse Tablets (Part 1)
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SYSNO ASEP 0506674 Druh ASEP J - Článek v odborném periodiku Zařazení RIV J - Článek v odborném periodiku Poddruh J Článek ve WOS 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) Tvůrce(i) Franek, Juraj (FLU-F)
Urbanová, D. (CZ)Zdroj.dok. Philologia Classica. - : Sankt-Peterburgskii Gosudarstvennyi Universitet - ISSN 0202-2532
Roč. 14, č. 1 (2019), s. 27-55Poč.str. 29 s. Forma vydání Tištěná - P Jazyk dok. eng - angličtina Země vyd. RU - Rusko Klíč. slova Curse Tablets ; Defixiones ; Ancient Magic ; Sympathetic Magic ; Similia Similibus ; Greek and Latin Epigraphy Vědní obor RIV AA - Filosofie a náboženství Obor OECD Religious studies CEP GA19-02741S GA ČR - Grantová agentura ČR Způsob publikování Open access Institucionální podpora FLU-F - RVO:67985955 UT WOS 000473314800004 DOI 10.21638/11701/spbu20.2019.103 Anotace The paper presents a 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. Second part will appear in the next issue of Philologia Classica. Pracoviště Filosofický ústav Kontakt Chlumská Simona, chlumska@flu.cas.cz ; Tichá Zuzana, asep@flu.cas.cz Tel: 221 183 360 Rok sběru 2021 Elektronická adresa http://hdl.handle.net/11701/15906
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