Mastrocinque, Attilio (2020) Sacratio capitis, devotio, and Blood in the Roman Law and Religion. ACTA ANTIQUA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, 60 (3-4). pp. 241-247. ISSN 0044-5975 (print); 1588-2543 (online)
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Abstract
Some Roman rituals with political value ware provided with the power of a curse whose mechanics was similar to that of Greek defixiones. Those who injured a plebeian tribune were consecrated to the gods or to the gods of the dead. The consecratio of a man was sometimes enacted when the blood of a citizen or the tears of a parent were poured. Blood was particularly efficacious in unleashing a curse on the person responsible for something wrong and offensive to the gods and the Roman people.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | MTA KFB támogatási szerződés alapján archiválva |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Roman curses, homo sacer, blood, tears |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PA Classical philology / klasszika-filológia |
| SWORD Depositor: | MTMT SWORD |
| Depositing User: | MTMT SWORD |
| Date Deposited: | 25 May 2022 08:11 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Nov 2023 00:15 |
| URI: | https://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/143070 |
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