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Lucan, Pharsalia, 6.776


nanNay, though the witch had power to call the shades Forth from the depths, 'twas doubtful if the cave Were not a part of hell. Discordant hues Flamed on her garb as by a fury worn; Bare was her visage, and upon her brow Dread vipers hissed, beneath her streaming locks In sable coils entwined. But when she saw The youth's companions trembling, and himself With eyes cast down, with visage as of death, Thus spake the witch: "Forbid your craven souls


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

10 results
1. Homer, Iliad, 15.582, 16.584, 16.744, 16.754, 16.812, 16.843 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

16.584. /and he fell headlong upon the corpse, and death, that slayeth the spirit, was shed about him. Then over Patroclus came grief for his slain comrade, and he charged through the foremost fighters like a fleet falcon that driveth in flight daws and starlings; even so straight against the Lycians, O Patroclus, master of horsemen 16.812. /from their cars at his first coming with his chariot to learn his lesson of war. He it was that first hurled his spear at thee, knight Patroclus, yet subdued thee not; but he ran back again and mingled with the throng, when he had drawn forth the ashen spear from the flesh, and he abode not 16.843. /to the hollow ships, till thou hast cloven about the breast of man-slaying Hector the tunic red with his blood. So, I ween, spake he to thee, and persuaded thy wits in thy witlessness. Then, thy strength all spent, didst thou answer him, knight Patroclus:For this time, Hector, boast thou mightily; for to thee have
2. Pindar, Pythian Odes, 3.47-3.57 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

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

4. 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, 6.413-6.775, 6.777-6.830, 7.770-7.776 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

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

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

7. Apuleius, The Golden Ass, 1.12-1.17, 2.28-2.30 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

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

9. Papyri, Papyri Graecae Magicae, 4.1928-4.2240 (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)

10. 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
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
antiphony Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 236
apuleius,lucius Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 273
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
bitys Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 273
canidia Riess (2012), Performing interpersonal violence: court, curse, and comedy in fourth-century BCE Athens, 226
cato the elder Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 236
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, 273; 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
graves Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
hades Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 273
heliodorus Jeong (2023), Pauline Baptism among the Mysteries: Ritual Messages and the Promise of Initiation. 220
homer,lucans use of Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 236
homer,model / anti-model for lucan Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 236
homer,reproach in Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 236
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, 273
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
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
narrator Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 236
necromancy,and apollo/ helios/yahweh Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 273
necromancy Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 273; 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
patroclus Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 236
persephone Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 273
pharsalus Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 246
pitys Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 273; Pachoumi (2017), The Concepts of the Divine in the Greek Magical Papyri, 44
pluto Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 273
pompey,as object of lament Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 236
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, 236
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
zatchlas Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 273
zeus' Pachoumi (2017), The Concepts of the Divine in the Greek Magical Papyri, 44