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Lucan, Pharsalia, 6.474


nanChamping the bit and foaming at the curb, Yet to obey his lord. From yonder shore The keel of pine first floated, and bore men To dare the perilous chance of seas unknown: And here Ionus ruler of the land First from the furnace molten masses drew Of iron and brass; here first the hammer fell To weld them, shapeless; here in glowing stream Ran silver forth and gold, soon to receive The minting stamp. 'Twas thus that money came


Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

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1. Aristophanes, Clouds, 750-755, 757, 749 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

749. γυναῖκα φαρμακίδ' εἰ πριάμενος Θετταλὴν
2. Hippocrates, The Sacred Disease, 4.18 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

3. Plato, Gorgias, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

513a. and so therefore now, whether it is your duty to make yourself as like as possible to the Athenian people, if you intend to win its affection and have great influence in the city: see if this is to your advantage and mine, so that we may not suffer, my distinguished friend, the fate that they say befalls the creatures who would draw down the moon—the hags of Thessaly; that our choice of this power in the city may not cost us all that we hold most dear. But if you suppose that anyone in the world can transmit to you such an art as will cause you
4. Plautus, Amphitruo, 1044, 1043 (3rd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)

5. Horace, Letters, 5.46 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

5.46. after which Joshua ordered his forces to turn about, and placed them against their front. He then made the signals agreed upon to those that lay in ambush, and so excited them to fight; so they ran suddenly into the city, the inhabitants being upon the walls, nay, others of them being in perplexity, and coming to see those that were without the gates.
6. Horace, Epodes, 5 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

7. Ovid, Amores, 3.7.27 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)

8. Lucan, Pharsalia, 1.19-1.20, 2.85, 2.103-2.104, 2.114-2.116, 2.142-2.144, 2.152-2.153, 2.159, 2.169-2.193, 2.221-2.222, 3.197, 6.413-6.473, 6.475-6.830, 7.770-7.776, 8.281, 8.444-8.447, 8.465, 8.477-8.478, 8.498, 8.525-8.526, 8.542-8.544, 8.559, 8.855-8.859, 8.871-8.872, 9.133-9.135, 9.705, 10.142 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

9. Pliny The Elder, Natural History, 30.7 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

10. Seneca The Younger, Medea, 800 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

11. Seneca The Younger, Oedipus, 531-626, 530 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

12. Apuleius, The Golden Ass, 2.28-2.30 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

13. Ammianus Marcellinus, History, 19.12.14 (4th cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)

19.12.14. For if anyone wore on his neck an amulet against the quartan ague or any other complaint, or was accused by the testimony of the evil-disposed of passing by a grave in the evening, on the ground that he was a dealer in poisons, or a gatherer of the horrors of tombs and the vain illusions of the ghosts that walk there, he was condemned to capital punishment and so perished.


Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
achilles Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20
aglaonike Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 26
ammianus marcellinus Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
anchoring allusions Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 64
anxiety Ker and Wessels (2020), The Values of Nighttime in Classical Antiquity: Between Dusk and Dawn, 248
apollonius Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20
ara Riess (2012), Performing interpersonal violence: court, curse, and comedy in fourth-century BCE Athens, 226
assyria Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20
astronomy Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 26
canidia Riess (2012), Performing interpersonal violence: court, curse, and comedy in fourth-century BCE Athens, 226
charlatans Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 26
charms Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20
chersonese Riess (2012), Performing interpersonal violence: court, curse, and comedy in fourth-century BCE Athens, 226
chiron Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20
christianity Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 26
clodius Ker and Wessels (2020), The Values of Nighttime in Classical Antiquity: Between Dusk and Dawn, 248
colchis Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20
comedy Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20
criminality Ker and Wessels (2020), The Values of Nighttime in Classical Antiquity: Between Dusk and Dawn, 248
curse tablets Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
curses Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
daemonology Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256
ennius,model / anti-model for lucan Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 64
erichtho Riess (2012), Performing interpersonal violence: court, curse, and comedy in fourth-century BCE Athens, 226
erictho Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20, 26
erictho (thessalian witch) Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 246
erotic magic Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20
esarhaddon Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20
figurines Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
frazer,james Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
freud,s. Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 255
freud,sigmund Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
geography Manolaraki (2012), Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus, 45
graves Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
hippocrates Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 26
hippolytus Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 26
horace Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20; Ker and Wessels (2020), The Values of Nighttime in Classical Antiquity: Between Dusk and Dawn, 248
hostels Ker and Wessels (2020), The Values of Nighttime in Classical Antiquity: Between Dusk and Dawn, 248
incantation Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20
inns Ker and Wessels (2020), The Values of Nighttime in Classical Antiquity: Between Dusk and Dawn, 248
italy Manolaraki (2012), Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus, 45
iunx Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20
julius caesar Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 246
killing Riess (2012), Performing interpersonal violence: court, curse, and comedy in fourth-century BCE Athens, 226
lucan Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20, 84
lycanthropy Ker and Wessels (2020), The Values of Nighttime in Classical Antiquity: Between Dusk and Dawn, 248
macedonia Riess (2012), Performing interpersonal violence: court, curse, and comedy in fourth-century BCE Athens, 226
marius gratidianus Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 64
marriage Riess (2012), Performing interpersonal violence: court, curse, and comedy in fourth-century BCE Athens, 226
menander Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20
mesopotamia Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20
metaphor Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
metapoetic diction,amputo Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 64
metapoetic diction,spiramen Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 64
metonymy Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
moon Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20, 26
necromancy Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256
night/nighttime,liminal Ker and Wessels (2020), The Values of Nighttime in Classical Antiquity: Between Dusk and Dawn, 248
nile,inundation (flood) of the Manolaraki (2012), Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus, 45
nile,sources of the Manolaraki (2012), Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus, 45
pelusium,mouth of the nile Manolaraki (2012), Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus, 45
pharsalus Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 246
plato Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 26
pliny Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20
plutarch Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 26
pompey Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 246
pompey (gnaeus pompeius magnus),defines egypt and the nile Manolaraki (2012), Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus, 45
puppy Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
repetition Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
rhetoric Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
rhombus Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20
rivers,literary and philosophic metaphors Manolaraki (2012), Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus, 45
robbers Ker and Wessels (2020), The Values of Nighttime in Classical Antiquity: Between Dusk and Dawn, 248
science Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 26, 84
selinous Riess (2012), Performing interpersonal violence: court, curse, and comedy in fourth-century BCE Athens, 226
seneca,lucius annaeus Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 246
shelley,m. Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 247
shelley,p. b. Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 247
sosiphanes Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20
strophalos Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20
superstition Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20, 84
thessaly Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20, 26
thetima Riess (2012), Performing interpersonal violence: court, curse, and comedy in fourth-century BCE Athens, 226
travel Ker and Wessels (2020), The Values of Nighttime in Classical Antiquity: Between Dusk and Dawn, 248
underworld Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 64
violence' Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 64
virgil Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 246
whirligigs Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20
whore,cf. concubine witch,cf. magician,magos,shaman,sorcerer Riess (2012), Performing interpersonal violence: court, curse, and comedy in fourth-century BCE Athens, 226
witches Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20, 26, 84; Ker and Wessels (2020), The Values of Nighttime in Classical Antiquity: Between Dusk and Dawn, 248
women Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 20, 26