From binding spells and incantations to curse-writing rituals,
magic pervaded the ancient Greek world. In Blood and Ashes provides
the first historical study of the development and dissemination of
ritualized curse practice from 750-250 BCE, documenting the
cultural pressures that drove the use of curse tablets, charms,
spells, and other private rites. This book expands our
understanding of daily life in ancient communities, showing how
individuals were making sense of the world and coping with
conflict, vulnerability, competition, anxiety, desire, and loss,
all while conjuring the gods and powers of the Underworld. Bringing
together epigraphic, literary, archaeological, and material
evidence, Jessica L. Lamont reads between traditional histories of
Archaic, Classical, and early Hellenistic Greece, drawing out new
voices and new narratives to consider: here are the cooks, tavern
keepers, garland weavers, helmsmen, barbers, and other persons who
often slip through the cracks of ancient history. The texts and
objects presented here offer glimpses of public and private lives
across many centuries, illuminating the interplay of ritual and
conflict-management strategies among citizens and slaves, men and
women, pagans and Christians. Filled with new material and
insights, Lamont's volume offers a groundbreaking perspective on
ancient Greek social history and religion, highlighting the role of
ritual in negotiating life's uncertainties.
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