Lecture 24: Amulets Flashcards
what is an amulet
something that is bound to you and usually protects
define periapta and periapton
periapta - plural amulet
periapton - single amulet
explain healing amulets in odysseus wound
it was skillfully bound to the wound, and it was used with incantations (spell, vocaes magicae, prayer…)
not just pressure, but there was amulet in it as well
compare pindar on asclepius and amulet
asclepius cured dead and was killed for it
he healed people and sometimes uses binding and incantations and pharmaka
explain plutarchs view of amulets in the life of periacles
periacles is an athenian general who was sick and one of his friends saw that he had an amulet around hic neck from a woman
he says that he must be really really sick or really really stupid if he is believeing this
what is healing magic
usually placebo, binding w incantations
ex. dislocated hip
how can you cure migranes using lamallae
these are thin metal plates where you write about some god stopped antura (causing pain) from entering the head
write a story about how a god defeats whatever is causing ur pain
what are exorcism amulets (nemesis ring)
nemesis is the god of revenge and the nemesis stone is taken from her alter, as long as you wear this, the demons will dissapear as long as you also stay away from scary stuff cuz this can bring demons back
just placebo
what are some things you can use amulets for (4)
- protection in lawsuits
- victory charms
- protection against weather
- all purpose protection
how do you make an amulet magic
put some blood, incantatios, bind it, write historiola
what happened in the story of gyges ring
gyge finds a magical ring that makes you invisible and he can do anything, then he starts doing more and more bad things once he gets a taste of it because humans are bad and he is addicted
what is platos pov on morality from the gyges ring story
he says that when there are no consequences, humans do bad things
only thing preventing bad is the social concept such as law
