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incantations/spells, magic Kazantzidis and Spatharas (2012), Medical Understandings of Emotions in Antiquity: Theory, Practice, Suffering, 49, 53
spell Dillon and Timotin (2015), Platonic Theories of Prayer, 11, 12, 13, 102, 175
spell, binding de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 102, 314
spell, books Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 31, 77, 79, 101, 110, 144, 171, 176, 212, 226, 265, 404
spell, magic, epodai, see binding de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 148, 314
spell, of pnouthis Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 184, 351, 352, 371, 377, 408
spelled, out in dead sea scrolls, reasoning of law not Shemesh (2009), Halakhah in the Making: The Development of Jewish Law from Qumran to the Rabbis. 35
spelling, conventions in sahidic dialect. see also linguistic Scopello (2008), The Gospel of Judas in Context: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Gospel of Judas, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
spelling, jokes Richlin (2018), Slave Theater in the Roman Republic: Plautus and Popular Comedy, 101, 410
spelling, megabyxos castration Bremmer (2008), Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible, and the Ancient Near East, 354, 355
spelling, of adam, name Pomeroy (2021), Chrysostom as Exegete: Scholarly Traditions and Rhetorical Aims in the Homilies on Genesis, 94
spelling, of adne ha-sadeh, field humans Neis (2012), When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven: Rabbis and the Reproduction of Species. 226
spelling, of harran Birnbaum and Dillon (2020), Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary, 82
spelling, of mt. gerizim, argarizin samaritan Feldman (2006), Judaism and Hellenism Reconsidered, 125
spelling, on, ostraka Johnson and Parker (2009), ?Ancient Literacies: The Culture of Reading in Greece and Rome, 19
spelling, orality, v, vi, and Hirshman (2009), The Stabilization of Rabbinic Culture, 100 C, 49
spelling, soter, variations in greek Jim (2022), Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece, 1, 72, 111
spelling, variations Scopello (2008), The Gospel of Judas in Context: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Gospel of Judas, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
spelling, variations in codex tchacos Scopello (2008), The Gospel of Judas in Context: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Gospel of Judas, 4, 7, 8
spelling, variations, linguistic analysis Scopello (2008), The Gospel of Judas in Context: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Gospel of Judas, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
spelling, variations, of causative verbs Scopello (2008), The Gospel of Judas in Context: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Gospel of Judas, 9
spelling, variations, of i, y Scopello (2008), The Gospel of Judas in Context: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Gospel of Judas, 7, 8, 9
spelling, variations, of the greek x Scopello (2008), The Gospel of Judas in Context: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Gospel of Judas, 9
spelling, variations, of the indefinite article Scopello (2008), The Gospel of Judas in Context: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Gospel of Judas, 10, 11
spelling, variations, of vowel epenthesis Scopello (2008), The Gospel of Judas in Context: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Gospel of Judas, 6, 7
spelling, variations, of vowels Scopello (2008), The Gospel of Judas in Context: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Gospel of Judas, 12
spelling, variations, of “with, ” Scopello (2008), The Gospel of Judas in Context: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Gospel of Judas, 12
spelling, variations, symbol for the sacred name Scopello (2008), The Gospel of Judas in Context: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Gospel of Judas, 11, 12
spellings, itacistic Amendola (2022), The Demades Papyrus (P.Berol. inv. 13045): A New Text with Commentary, 28, 93
spells Dijkstra and Raschle (2020), Religious Violence in the Ancient World: From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity, 331
Eliav (2023), A Jew in the Roman Bathhouse: Cultural Interaction in the Ancient Mediterranean, 245, 246, 250
Hahn Emmel and Gotter (2008), Usages of the Past in Roman Historiography, 152
Jouanna (2012), Greek Medicine from Hippocrates to Galen, 122
Lidonnici and Lieber (2007), Heavenly Tablets: Interpretation, Identity and Tradition in Ancient Judaism, 90, 93, 97, 103, 193
Schiffman (1983), Testimony and the Penal Code, 141, 142, 188
Stuckenbruck (2007), 1 Enoch 91-108, 274, 276, 279
spells, agonistic Dijkstra and Raschle (2020), Religious Violence in the Ancient World: From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity, 73
spells, and formulae, love Swartz (2018), The Mechanics of Providence: The Workings of Ancient Jewish Magic and Mysticism. 35, 36, 37, 39, 52, 83, 115, 116, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 133, 134, 136
spells, binding Janowitz (2002b), Icons of Power: Ritual Practices in Late Antiquity, 93
spells, binding, katadesmoi Dijkstra and Raschle (2020), Religious Violence in the Ancient World: From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity, 71, 73, 74, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82
spells, body, in parts, binding Dijkstra and Raschle (2020), Religious Violence in the Ancient World: From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity, 71, 77, 78, 82
spells, business Bortolani et al. (2019), William Furley, Svenja Nagel, and Joachim Friedrich Quack, Cultural Plurality in Ancient Magical Texts and Practices: Graeco-Egyptian Handbooks and Related Traditions, 18, 19, 69, 96, 117, 177, 178, 180, 181, 182, 185, 227, 228, 229, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 289
spells, cholos/cholousthai, in magical Braund and Most (2004), Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen, 154
spells, coptic Lidonnici and Lieber (2007), Heavenly Tablets: Interpretation, Identity and Tradition in Ancient Judaism, 64
spells, cup Faraone (1999), Ancient Greek Love Magic, 26
spells, dream-sending Bortolani et al. (2019), William Furley, Svenja Nagel, and Joachim Friedrich Quack, Cultural Plurality in Ancient Magical Texts and Practices: Graeco-Egyptian Handbooks and Related Traditions, 116, 117, 150
spells, enchantment, love, love Sorabji (2000), Emotion and Peace of Mind: From Stoic Agitation to Christian Temptation, 285
spells, fire Faraone (1999), Ancient Greek Love Magic, 26, 50, 150, 151, 152, 153
spells, for obtaining dreams, dreams and dream interpreters Johnston (2008), Ancient Greek Divination, 164, 165, 166
spells, from, military campaigns, curses and Eidinow (2007), Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks, 329, 337
spells, hate Faraone (1999), Ancient Greek Love Magic, 18
spells, invisibility Bortolani et al. (2019), William Furley, Svenja Nagel, and Joachim Friedrich Quack, Cultural Plurality in Ancient Magical Texts and Practices: Graeco-Egyptian Handbooks and Related Traditions, 19, 38, 103, 114, 217, 221, 222, 223
spells, judicial Dijkstra and Raschle (2020), Religious Violence in the Ancient World: From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity, 73, 80
spells, love Dijkstra and Raschle (2020), Religious Violence in the Ancient World: From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity, 74, 331
spells, medical, magical Stavrianopoulou (2006), Ritual and Communication in the Graeco-Roman World, 318, 319
spells, necromancy, and agôge Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 257, 258
spells, paredros Bortolani et al. (2019), William Furley, Svenja Nagel, and Joachim Friedrich Quack, Cultural Plurality in Ancient Magical Texts and Practices: Graeco-Egyptian Handbooks and Related Traditions, 102, 156, 209, 210
spells, porphyry, neoplatonist, anxiety about role of gods in love Sorabji (2000), Emotion and Peace of Mind: From Stoic Agitation to Christian Temptation, 285
spells, potency Faraone (1999), Ancient Greek Love Magic, 18, 19, 20
spells, restraining Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 96, 97, 98, 100
spells, restraining anger Bortolani et al. (2019), William Furley, Svenja Nagel, and Joachim Friedrich Quack, Cultural Plurality in Ancient Magical Texts and Practices: Graeco-Egyptian Handbooks and Related Traditions, 69, 75, 77
spells, separation Bortolani et al. (2019), William Furley, Svenja Nagel, and Joachim Friedrich Quack, Cultural Plurality in Ancient Magical Texts and Practices: Graeco-Egyptian Handbooks and Related Traditions, 75
Faraone (1999), Ancient Greek Love Magic, 18
spells, social status, and magical Braund and Most (2004), Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen, 154

List of validated texts:
3 validated results for "spells"
1. Homer, Iliad, 14.197-14.210 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
 Tagged with subjects: • binding spell • cholos/cholousthai, in magical spells • restraining spells, • social status, and magical spells

 Found in books: Braund and Most (2004), Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen, 154; Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 100; de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 102

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14.197 τὴν δὲ δολοφρονέουσα προσηύδα πότνια Ἥρη· 14.198 δὸς νῦν μοι φιλότητα καὶ ἵμερον, ᾧ τε σὺ πάντας 14.199 δαμνᾷ ἀθανάτους ἠδὲ θνητοὺς ἀνθρώπους. 14.200 εἶμι γὰρ ὀψομένη πολυφόρβου πείρατα γαίης, 14.201 Ὠκεανόν τε θεῶν γένεσιν καὶ μητέρα Τηθύν, 14.202 οἵ μʼ ἐν σφοῖσι δόμοισιν ἐῢ τρέφον ἠδʼ ἀτίταλλον 14.203 δεξάμενοι Ῥείας, ὅτε τε Κρόνον εὐρύοπα Ζεὺς 14.204 γαίης νέρθε καθεῖσε καὶ ἀτρυγέτοιο θαλάσσης· 14.205 τοὺς εἶμʼ ὀψομένη, καί σφʼ ἄκριτα νείκεα λύσω· 14.206 ἤδη γὰρ δηρὸν χρόνον ἀλλήλων ἀπέχονται 14.207 εὐνῆς καὶ φιλότητος, ἐπεὶ χόλος ἔμπεσε θυμῷ. 14.208 εἰ κείνω ἐπέεσσι παραιπεπιθοῦσα φίλον κῆρ 14.209 εἰς εὐνὴν ἀνέσαιμι ὁμωθῆναι φιλότητι, 14.210 αἰεί κέ σφι φίλη τε καὶ αἰδοίη καλεοίμην.'' None
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14.197 peak what is in thy mind; my heart bids me fulfill it, if fulfill it I can, and it is a thing that hath fulfillment. Then with crafty thought spake to her queenly Hera:Give me now love and desire, wherewith thou art wont to subdue all immortals and mortal men. 14.200 For I am faring to visit the limits of the all-nurturing earth, and Oceanus, from whom the gods are sprung, and mother Tethys, even them that lovingly nursed and cherished me in their halls, when they had taken me from Rhea, what time Zeus, whose voice is borne afar, thrust Cronos down to dwell beneath earth and the unresting sea. 14.204 For I am faring to visit the limits of the all-nurturing earth, and Oceanus, from whom the gods are sprung, and mother Tethys, even them that lovingly nursed and cherished me in their halls, when they had taken me from Rhea, what time Zeus, whose voice is borne afar, thrust Cronos down to dwell beneath earth and the unresting sea. ' "14.205 Them am I faring to visit, and will loose for them their endless strife, since now for a long time's space they hold aloof one from the other from the marriage-bed and from love, for that wrath hath come upon their hearts. If by words I might but persuade the hearts of these twain, and bring them back to be joined together in love, " "14.209 Them am I faring to visit, and will loose for them their endless strife, since now for a long time's space they hold aloof one from the other from the marriage-bed and from love, for that wrath hath come upon their hearts. If by words I might but persuade the hearts of these twain, and bring them back to be joined together in love, " '14.210 ever should I be called dear by them and worthy of reverence. To her again spake in answer laughter-loving Aphrodite:It may not be that I should say thee nay, nor were it seemly; for thou sleepest in the arms of mightiest Zeus. She spake, and loosed from her bosom the broidered zone, '' None
2. None, None, nan (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)
 Tagged with subjects: • business spells • seven Greek vowels, in Greek spells

 Found in books: Bortolani et al. (2019), William Furley, Svenja Nagel, and Joachim Friedrich Quack, Cultural Plurality in Ancient Magical Texts and Practices: Graeco-Egyptian Handbooks and Related Traditions, 182; Dieleman (2005), Priests, Tongues, and Rites: The London-Leiden Magical Manuscripts and Translation in Egyptian Ritual (100–300 CE), 65

3. None, None, nan (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)
 Tagged with subjects: • Spell of Pnouthis, • binding spell • binding spells • business spells • dream-sending spells • dreams and dream interpreters, spells for obtaining dreams • invisibility spells • love spells and formulae • necromancy, and agôge spells • palindromes, in Demotic spells • paredros spells • restraining anger spells • restraining spells, • ring spell • seven Greek vowels, in Demotic spells • seven Greek vowels, in Greek spells • spell books, • spells

 Found in books: Bortolani et al. (2019), William Furley, Svenja Nagel, and Joachim Friedrich Quack, Cultural Plurality in Ancient Magical Texts and Practices: Graeco-Egyptian Handbooks and Related Traditions, 18, 19, 69, 96, 102, 114, 117, 150, 156, 177, 209, 222, 231, 233, 234, 235; Dieleman (2005), Priests, Tongues, and Rites: The London-Leiden Magical Manuscripts and Translation in Egyptian Ritual (100–300 CE), 65, 79, 170, 257; Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 31, 77, 100, 110, 171, 176, 184, 212, 265, 351, 404; Janowitz (2002b), Icons of Power: Ritual Practices in Late Antiquity, 93; Johnston (2008), Ancient Greek Divination, 164; Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 257, 258; Lidonnici and Lieber (2007), Heavenly Tablets: Interpretation, Identity and Tradition in Ancient Judaism, 93, 97, 103; Swartz (2018), The Mechanics of Providence: The Workings of Ancient Jewish Magic and Mysticism. 115, 116, 133, 136; de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 102




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.