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| Author(s): |
Patrícia Schlithler da Fonseca Cardoso
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2016-08-11 |
| Examining board members: |
José Marcos Mariani de Macedo;
Maria Regina Candido;
Adriane da Silva Duarte
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| Advisor: | José Marcos Mariani de Macedo |
| Abstract | |
The Greek Magical Papyri are a collection of magical texts from Graeco-Roman Egypt. Its contents display a mixture of different traditions, mainly Egyptian and Greek. A noticeable feature in these texts is the so-called voces magicae, mysterious looking words with no apparent lexical meaning. This dissertation focuses on analyzing the voces magicae in their textual context in order to better comprehend how this feature appears on incantations. A database was established with vox magica taken from the spells. The voces magicae were analyzed according to the words next to them. The different contexts in which voces magicae were found were discussed with examples from our corpus. Based on this analysis, it was possible to raise a few hypotheses on the nature of magical words and what kind of function they have on spells. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/21068-2 - Voces Magicae: the power of words in The Greek Magical Papyri |
| Grantee: | Patrícia Schlithler da Fonseca Cardoso |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |