26 septembre 2022
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Christopher A. Faraone, « The Echenêis-Fish and Magic », Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes, ID : 10.4000/books.irht.714
In an article published some years ago, Lindsay Watson drew attention to a series of passages in the natural historians about the strange power of the echenêis-fish to stop the forward motion of ships in full sail, and its use in magical spells. The series begins with Aristotle, who says briefly: “There is a certain little fish dwelling amongst the rocks, which they call the echenêis and some people use it for lawsuits (dikas) and for philtra.” As Watson rightly saw, this passage provides us ...