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Lucan, Pharsalia, 6.716-6.718


nanExtort the truth, or, if thou spare the gods, Force it from hell itself. Fling back the gates That bar th' Elysian fields; let Death confess Whom from our ranks he seeks. No humble task I bring, but worthy of Erichtho's skill Of such a struggle fought for such a prize To search and tell the issue." Then the witch Pleased that her impious fame was noised abroad Thus made her answer: "If some lesser fates Thy wish had been to change, against their wish


nanExtort the truth, or, if thou spare the gods, Force it from hell itself. Fling back the gates That bar th' Elysian fields; let Death confess Whom from our ranks he seeks. No humble task I bring, but worthy of Erichtho's skill Of such a struggle fought for such a prize To search and tell the issue." Then the witch Pleased that her impious fame was noised abroad Thus made her answer: "If some lesser fates Thy wish had been to change, against their wish


nanExtort the truth, or, if thou spare the gods, Force it from hell itself. Fling back the gates That bar th' Elysian fields; let Death confess Whom from our ranks he seeks. No humble task I bring, but worthy of Erichtho's skill Of such a struggle fought for such a prize To search and tell the issue." Then the witch Pleased that her impious fame was noised abroad Thus made her answer: "If some lesser fates Thy wish had been to change, against their wish


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

8 results
1. Horace, Epodes, 5 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

2. Lucan, Pharsalia, 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, 6.413-6.715, 6.717-6.830, 7.770-7.776 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

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

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

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

6. Heliodorus, Ethiopian Story, 6.12-6.15 (2nd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)

7. Papyri, Papyri Graecae Magicae, 4.1928-4.2144 (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)

8. 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:

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aeneas Mcclellan (2019), Paulinus Noster: Self and Symbols in the Letters of Paulinus of Nola, 165
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
apollo Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 272
apuleius,lucius Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 272
ara Riess (2012), Performing interpersonal violence: court, curse, and comedy in fourth-century BCE Athens, 226
assistant Pachoumi (2017), The Concepts of the Divine in the Greek Magical Papyri, 44
canidia Riess (2012), Performing interpersonal violence: court, curse, and comedy in fourth-century BCE Athens, 226
chersonese Riess (2012), Performing interpersonal violence: court, curse, and comedy in fourth-century BCE Athens, 226
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
daimon of the dead Pachoumi (2017), The Concepts of the Divine in the Greek Magical Papyri, 44
ennius,model / anti-model for lucan Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 64
erichtho Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 272; Riess (2012), Performing interpersonal violence: court, curse, and comedy in fourth-century BCE Athens, 226
erictho (thessalian witch) Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 246
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
funeral/funerary Jeong (2023), Pauline Baptism among the Mysteries: Ritual Messages and the Promise of Initiation. 220
ghosts Mcclellan (2019), Paulinus Noster: Self and Symbols in the Letters of Paulinus of Nola, 165
graf,fritz Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 272
graves Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
heliodorus Jeong (2023), Pauline Baptism among the Mysteries: Ritual Messages and the Promise of Initiation. 220
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
lot divination (see sortition) Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 272
lucan Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84; Jeong (2023), Pauline Baptism among the Mysteries: Ritual Messages and the Promise of Initiation. 220
macedonia Riess (2012), Performing interpersonal violence: court, curse, and comedy in fourth-century BCE Athens, 226
magic Pachoumi (2017), The Concepts of the Divine in the Greek Magical Papyri, 44
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
medea Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 272
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
necromancy Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 272; 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
pamphile Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 272
pharsalus Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 246
pitys Pachoumi (2017), The Concepts of the Divine in the Greek Magical Papyri, 44
pompey,and erichtho's corpse-soldier" '59.0_165.0@thessaly Mcclellan (2019), Paulinus Noster: Self and Symbols in the Letters of Paulinus of Nola, 165
pompey,sextus Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 272; Mcclellan (2019), Paulinus Noster: Self and Symbols in the Letters of Paulinus of Nola, 165
pompey Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 246
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
resurrection Pachoumi (2017), The Concepts of the Divine in the Greek Magical Papyri, 44
rhetoric Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
science Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 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
superstition Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
thetima Riess (2012), Performing interpersonal violence: court, curse, and comedy in fourth-century BCE Athens, 226
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
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, 84
zeus' Pachoumi (2017), The Concepts of the Divine in the Greek Magical Papyri, 44