CLST 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Curse Tablet, Como, Ludi

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 103
• Professor: Christina Zaccagnino

Document Summary

Choice of word indicated the level of education, and maybe when they dropped out. Graffiti: can see references to works of literature. In pompeii, through graffiti, saw that there was a shift in the pronunciation of b and v A lot of people wrote on walls and graffiti"ed, as well as drawings. The reading of graffiti is not always easy. Modern imaging technologies can help make letters more visible. Graffito from herculaneum: wanting blessings from venus to get those girls to like them back. Fasten/nail down: they were written, rolled, then nailed down. Curse tablet: desired that a god/goddess can punish someone who doesn"t behave: different topics: can be love spells. A thin foil of lead is used: it"s soft and easy to write on. Voodoo doll: found in egypt, found inside a vase. People wanted to show how educated and learned they were - portrait of young couple from pompeii. Members of rich families and aristocracy, studied.