Publication details
L elemento coercitivo nelle tabellae defixionum di argomento amoroso – alcuni aspetti testuali
| Title in English | Coercitive Elements and other Aspects in the Curse Tablets with Love-spells - |
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| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Latin Linguistics Today. Akten des 15. Internationalen Kolloquiums zur Lateinischen Linguistik |
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| Field | Linguistics |
| Keywords | epigraphy; curse tablets; binding spells; love spells;prayers for justice |
| Description | The use of coercitive spells with limited duration, i.e. until the scope of the spell gets fulfilled, is found in antiquity not only in the context of love spells but also in the context of other, contemporary spells – in the so called prayers for justice. The application of the same coercitive formulas in both contexts of these magical texts, found in very distant regions, reflects a vivid process of influencing, interchanging and altering the magical tradition, mainly grounded in the South-East Mediterranean area. |
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