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Ancient Greek Vampires 1: Empousa – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
The classic Transylvanian-style vampire—male, nocturnal, fanged—is really a product of folklore and gothic horror after the middle ages (with garlic, mirrors, crosses and stakes coming at various times from various places). But human blood-eating creatures of pleasure were present in ancient folktales as well. They are not prominent, but the Lamia and the Empousa, both…
The Child-Killing Lamia: What’s Really Scary on Halloween is Misogyny – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
This is the second post about ancient Greek Vampires. The first looked at the Empousa. Lucian, Lover of Lies 2 “…these are various and disturbing tales, able to rattle the minds of children who still fear Mormo and Lamia.” πάνυ ἀλλόκοτα καὶ τεράστια μυθίδια παίδων ψυχὰς κηλεῖν δυνάμενα ἔτι τὴν Μορμὼ καὶ τὴν Λάμιαν δεδιότων.…
Werewolf Week, JAMA Edition: Diagnosis and Therapy – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
This week in honor of Halloween we are returning to an obsession with lycanthropy. There is a trove of ancient Greek medical treatises on the diagnosing and treatment of the disease. Oribasius (Pergamum, c. 4th Century CE) Oribasius is said to have studied medicine in Alexandria; he later served as the court doctor to Julian the Apostate.…
Giving The Finger in Ancient Greek – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
In Aristophanes’ Peace a rude hand gesture is mentioned (549): Καὶ τὸν δορυξὸν οἷον ἐσκιμάλισεν. Perseus’ translation (“this sickle-maker is thumbing his nose at the spear-maker?” ) may not do justice to the gesture or its meaning. Ancient commentary glosses this in a slightly different way. (See this site for a reference to the digitus impudicus…