TY - BOOK ID - 77878149 TI - Curse tablets and binding spells from the ancient world PY - 1999 SN - 9786610834266 1280834269 0198022778 0195350626 9780198022770 9780195350623 0195062264 9780195062267 0195134826 9780195134827 0199881189 0197738761 PB - New York : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Incantations. KW - Blessing and cursing. KW - Cursing and blessing KW - Execration KW - Imprecation KW - Malediction KW - Incantations KW - Spells KW - Magic KW - Rites and ceremonies KW - Blessing and cursing KW - Bénédiction et malédiction UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77878149 AB - In the ancient Greco-Roman world, it was common practice to curse or bind an enemy or rival by writing an incantation on a tablet and dedicating it to a god or spirit. These curses or binding spells, commonly called defixiones were intended to bring other people under the power and control of those who commissioned them. More than a thousand such texts, written between the 5th Century B.C.E. and the 5th Century C.E., have been discovered from North Africa to England, and from Syria to Spain. Extending into every aspect of ancient life--athletic and theatrical competitions, judicial proceedings. ER -