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Abstract

This paper takes a creative and somewhat satirical approach to the topic of curse tablets used for erotic magic in ancient Grecian society. Erotic magic – along with much of ancient Grecian society – was largely misogynistic. Rather than reducing a woman to her reproductive capabilities and expressing fear of her body (as did many spells found on curse tablets), the spell presented here places that treatment on men. An explanation follows explaining exactly how the Greeks believed their erotic magic operated and how the imagined spell fits those patterns of thought.

Subject

Religions; Religions -- Philosophy; Religions -- History

Journal

Relics, Remnants, and Religion: an Undergraduate Journal in Religious Studies

Publication Date

5-13-2016

Language

English

Publication Place

Tacoma, Washington

Publisher

The University of Puget Sound

Type

article

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