“May Their Limbs Melt, Just as This Lead Shall Melt…”: Sympathetic Magic and Similia Similibus Formulae in Greek and Latin Curse Tablets (Part 1)

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985955%3A_____%2F19%3A00506674" target="_blank" >RIV/67985955:_____/19:00506674 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216224:14210/19:00110076

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>

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

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.

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

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60304 - Religious studies

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA19-02741S" target="_blank" >GA19-02741S: Přenos a transformace idejí: Helénismus, raný judaismus a rané křesťanství</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Philologia Classica

ISSN

0202-2532

e-ISSN

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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

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