Vanishing Acts on Ancient Greek Amulets

Vanishing Acts on Ancient Greek AmuletsGreek magical texts sometimes contain peculiar triangular formations created by repeating the same word over and over again in the same column, but leaving off one letter at the beginning or end (or both). Interpretations shifted during the twentieth century: did the words inscribed in these shapes represent the names of diseases or evil demons which were forced to disappear as each letter of the name does? Or were they the work of Roman period

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presents significant contributions to the field in two volumes of essays