Самотракийските божества в заклинание от Късната античност
The Samothracian Gods in an Incantation from the Late Antiquity
Author(s): Georgy MishevSubject(s): History, Archaeology, Cultural history, History of ideas, Local History / Microhistory, Social history, Ancient World, Theology and Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: the Samothracian gods; tabellae defixionum; Mnaseas; incantation; Late Antiquity
Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses a magical incantation on a lead tablet from the so-called tabellae defixionum. Among the invoked deities in the text of the incantation of special interest is the mentioning of the names of the Samothracian gods, otherwise known only from a fragment by the 3rd century BC mythographer and geographer Mnaseas. The presence in the text of an invocation of Dionysos, and of other deities connected with the mystery cults, is an interesting evidence about the connection between the mystery and magical rites during the Late Antiquity.
Journal: Thracia
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 24
- Page Range: 357-369
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Bulgarian, Latin
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