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grbs-1121	Faraone, Christopher A.	Stopping Evil, Pain, Anger, and Blood: The Ancient Greek Tradition of Protective Iambic Incantations	2009	29	.pdf	application/pdf	11375	421	62	Finally the par- allels between the single-verse command-spells and Athena’s alliterating command to the angry Furies suggest the use of similar iambic charms in classical Athens. (i) Protective charms at the door One of the three types of iambic charms discussed by Heim was a popular two-verse inscription that was allegedly inscribed on a house by a newlywed in the time of the fourth-century philosopher Diogenes the Cynic:5 3 R. Heim, Incantamenta Magica Graeca-Latina (Jahrb.	cache/grbs-1121.pdf	txt/grbs-1121.txt