"May Their Limbs Melt, Just as This Lead Shall Melt…" : Sympathetic Magic and Similia Similibus Formulae in Greek and Latin Curse Tablets (Part 1)
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F19%3A00110076" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/19:00110076 - isvavai.cz</a>
Nalezeny alternativní kódy
RIV/67985955:_____/19:00506674
Výsledek na webu
<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/11701/15906" target="_blank" >http://hdl.handle.net/11701/15906</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu20.2019.103" target="_blank" >10.21638/11701/spbu20.2019.103</a>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
"May Their Limbs Melt, Just as This Lead Shall Melt…" : Sympathetic Magic and Similia Similibus Formulae in Greek and Latin Curse Tablets (Part 1)
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
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.
Název v anglickém jazyce
"May Their Limbs Melt, Just as This Lead Shall Melt…" : Sympathetic Magic and Similia Similibus Formulae in Greek and Latin Curse Tablets (Part 1)
Popis výsledku anglicky
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.
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>ost</sub> - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích
CEP obor
—
OECD FORD obor
60304 - Religious studies
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
<a href="/cs/project/GA19-02741S" target="_blank" >GA19-02741S: Přenos a transformace idejí: Helénismus, raný judaismus a rané křesťanství</a><br>
Návaznosti
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2019
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
Philologia Classica
ISSN
0202-2532
e-ISSN
2618-6969
Svazek periodika
14
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
1
Stát vydavatele periodika
RU - Ruská federace
Počet stran výsledku
29
Strana od-do
27-55
Kód UT WoS článku
000473314800004
EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
2-s2.0-85084062749