Late Antique Lamps with Defixiones

Late Antique Lamps with Defixiones

<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Curse tablets placed in lamps thrown into the spring of Anna Perenna in Rome in late antiquity are explained in terms of the Christians' view of pagan water nymphs as still-active and malevolent demons.</span>

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Main Author: Attilio Mastrocinque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Duke University 2010-11-01
Series:Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
Online Access:http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/611
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description <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Curse tablets placed in lamps thrown into the spring of Anna Perenna in Rome in late antiquity are explained in terms of the Christians' view of pagan water nymphs as still-active and malevolent demons.</span>
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