Magic, Marriage and the Maiden: Love Magic in the 5th and 4th Centuries B.C.E.

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Magic, Marriage and the Maiden: Love Magic in the 5th and 4th Centuries B.C.E.

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This thesis examines several types of erotic magic in classical Greece from a cognitive perspective as well as in relation to gender. The first of these is the Iynx wheel, which is examined with regard to the agency underlying its efficacy and the competing roles of sound and torture in its operation. The second practice is the use of erotic curse tablets (κατάδεσμοι), which are examined from the perspective of their internal narrative as an extension of Theory of Mind. Furthermore this secti...

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Research paper

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Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2022

Creator

Clarkson, Benjamin

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/12727

Related subjects

magic / erotic magic / classics / theory of mind / iynx / κατάδεσμοι / medea / hippolytus / trachinian women / guardian figures

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