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subject	book bibliographic info
forgetfulness	Galinsky (2016), Memory in Ancient Rome and Early Christianity, 71, 74, 84 Jouanna (2012), Greek Medicine from Hippocrates to Galen, 223 Wilson (2010), Philo of Alexandria: On Virtues: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary, 280, 346, 347, 365 de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 165, 168
forgetfulness, cultural memory, and	Galinsky (2016), Memory in Ancient Rome and Early Christianity, 74
forgetfulness, cup, ποτήριον, of	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer (2022), Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity, 322
forgetfulness, lethe	McClay (2023), The Bacchic Gold Tablets and Poetic Tradition: Memory and Performance. 37, 62
forgetfulness, socrates, his	Castagnoli and Ceccarelli (2019), Greek Memories: Theories and Practices, 195, 196, 197, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 350
forgetfulness, waters of	Graf and Johnston (2007), Ritual texts for the afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets, 101, 102, 104, 109, 116, 117
forgetfulness, waters, of lethe	McClay (2023), The Bacchic Gold Tablets and Poetic Tradition: Memory and Performance. 37, 62
forgetfulness/forgetting, individual	Castagnoli and Ceccarelli (2019), Greek Memories: Theories and Practices, 25
forgetfulness/forgetting, negatively marked	Castagnoli and Ceccarelli (2019), Greek Memories: Theories and Practices, 19, 21, 106, 141, 142, 199, 200, 213, 298
forgetfulness/forgetting, positively marked	Castagnoli and Ceccarelli (2019), Greek Memories: Theories and Practices, 22, 23, 33, 103, 115, 185, 195, 196, 197, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 335
forgetfulness/forgetting, public	Castagnoli and Ceccarelli (2019), Greek Memories: Theories and Practices, 25
forgets, latin in tomis, ovid	Williams and Vol (2022), Philosophy in Ovid, Ovid as Philosopher, 304, 314
forgetting	Lieu (2004), Christian Identity in the Jewish and Graeco-Roman World, 63, 64, 68, 80, 82, 96, 314 Wilding (2022), Reinventing the Amphiareion at Oropos, 16, 227, 236, 237, 262
forgetting, 86-89	Faraone (1999), Ancient Greek Love Magic, 142, 143
forgetting, negatively plato, on marked	Castagnoli and Ceccarelli (2019), Greek Memories: Theories and Practices, 19, 20, 23
forgetting, positively plato, on marked	Castagnoli and Ceccarelli (2019), Greek Memories: Theories and Practices, 23, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215
forgetting, torah	Hirshman (2009), The Stabilization of Rabbinic Culture, 100 C, 26, 27, 28, 40, 43, 45, 48, 51, 53, 58, 63, 74, 80, 81, 85, 86, 115, 116, 118, 119, 120
love/forgetfulness, aeneid, vergil, treatment of	Galinsky (2016), Memory in Ancient Rome and Early Christianity, 70, 71, 84
memory/forgetfulness, collective	Balberg (2023), Fractured Tablets: Forgetfulness and Fallibility in Late Ancient Rabbinic Culture, 81, 218, 233

List of validated texts:

3 validated results for "forgetting"

1. Hebrew Bible, Deuteronomy, 11.22 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Torah, forgetting • collective memory/forgetfulness

Found in books: Balberg (2023), Fractured Tablets: Forgetfulness and Fallibility in Late Ancient Rabbinic Culture, 218; Hirshman (2009), The Stabilization of Rabbinic Culture, 100 C, 40

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11.22 כִּי אִם־שָׁמֹר תִּשְׁמְרוּן אֶת־כָּל־הַמִּצְוָה הַזֹּאת אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם לַעֲשֹׂתָהּ לְאַהֲבָה אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם לָלֶכֶת בְּכָל־דְּרָכָיו וּלְדָבְקָה־בוֹ׃'' None

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11.22 For if ye shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you, to do it, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to cleave unto Him,'' None

2. Plato, Republic, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Forgetfulness, Waters of • forgetfulness

Found in books: Graf and Johnston (2007), Ritual texts for the afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets, 116; de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 165

^621a ἀνάγκης ἰέναι θρόνον, καὶ διʼ ἐκείνου διεξελθόντα, ἐπειδὴ καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι διῆλθον, πορεύεσθαι ἅπαντας εἰς τὸ τῆς Λήθης πεδίον διὰ καύματός τε καὶ πνίγους δεινοῦ· καὶ γὰρ εἶναι αὐτὸ κενὸν δένδρων τε καὶ ὅσα γῆ φύει. σκηνᾶσθαι οὖν σφᾶς ἤδη ἑσπέρας γιγνομένης παρὰ τὸν Ἀμέλητα ποταμόν, οὗ τὸ ὕδωρ ἀγγεῖον οὐδὲν στέγειν. μέτρον μὲν οὖν τι τοῦ ὕδατος πᾶσιν ἀναγκαῖον εἶναι πιεῖν, τοὺς δὲ φρονήσει μὴ σῳζομένους πλέον πίνειν τοῦ μέτρου· τὸν δὲ ἀεὶ πιόντα'' None

^621a And after it had passed through that, when the others also had passed, they all journeyed to the Plain of Oblivion, through a terrible and stifling heat, for it was bare of trees and all plants, and there they camped at eventide by the River of Forgetfulness, whose waters no vessel can contain. They were all required to drink a measure of the water, and those who were not saved by their good sense drank more than the measure, and each one as he drank forgot all things.'' None

3. None, None, nan (2nd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Torah, forgetting • collective memory/forgetfulness

Found in books: Balberg (2023), Fractured Tablets: Forgetfulness and Fallibility in Late Ancient Rabbinic Culture, 218; Hirshman (2009), The Stabilization of Rabbinic Culture, 100 C, 40, 43, 45

Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.

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