Theoris of Lemnos, and the Criminalization of Magic
Podcast |
Criminalia
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Society & Culture
True Crime
Publication Date |
Feb 22, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:23:19

The idea of magic wasn’t strange in ancient Greece. But it has a noticeable overlap with what we’d consider science or religion today – with a dash of superstition thrown in for flavor. Magic, it was believed, could provide protection. It was a source of healing. It was a way to ensure you were successful in business, in love, and really in anything you wanted to be successful doing. It could also be used as a method for viewing and predicting the future. But it could also get you arrested, sentenced, and executed -- sometimes.

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Athenian statesman Demosthenes accused her of being a “pharmakis,” which could mean he called her a witch, but it could also be translated as an individual who makes and uses healing or harmful drugs and spells. What he was taking issue with was Theoris’s practice of supplying "drugs and charms" -- but was she using them for harm?

The idea of magic wasn’t strange in ancient Greece. But it has a noticeable overlap with what we’d consider science or religion today – with a dash of superstition thrown in for flavor. Magic, it was believed, could provide protection. It was a source of healing. It was a way to ensure you were successful in business, in love, and really in anything you wanted to be successful doing. It could also be used as a method for viewing and predicting the future. But it could also get you arrested, sentenced, and executed -- sometimes.

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