Ideas of justice and fairness in the Greco-Roman magic tablets: a comparative-historical aspect

The article examines the use of magic arts by ancient litigants, in particular, the lead curse tablets (defixiones) in order to guarantee a favorable outcome of a trial. In the Hellenistic and Roman period of the Ancient history the judicial magic underwent certain changes: a supplicant more often a...

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Main Author: Kudryavtseva Tatyana Vladimirovna
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Theological Institute of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria (Saint-Petersburg, Russia), 2014-12-01
Series:Религия, церковь, общество
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Online Access:http://rcs-almanac.ru/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2014_%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%B2%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0.pdf