EPISODE · Jan 20, 2025 · 39 MIN
The Art of Cursing Your Rivals in Ancient Athens, Or, How to Say #$@#!&! in Greek
from This Week in the Ancient Near East · host thisweekintheancientneareast
In 4th and 3rd century BCE Athens lead curse tablets were snuck into cemeteries so the dead could take the messages to the underworld. Asking the departed to help put a hit on a business or romantic rival seems like a lot of responsibility. Pretty good business if you were a living sorcerer though.
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