Greek and Roman protective magic — Amulet Atlas A practice organised around one idea: harm arrives through a look, so the answer is to catch the look. The Greek word for it is apotrépō, to turn away. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/tradition/greco-roman-apotropaic/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 37K
Christopher A. Faraone — Amulet Atlas American classicist, born 1955, Edward Olson Distinguished Service Professor in Classics at the University of Chicago. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/person/christopher-faraone/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 29K
apotropaic — Amulet Atlas The scholar's adjective, and nobody's own. No wearer calls a bead apotropaic. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/word/apotropaic-word/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 30K
phylactery — Amulet Atlas Three words wearing one spelling, and a reader has to know which is meant. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/word/phylactery-word/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 30K
periapt — Amulet Atlas An English word for an amulet worn hung round the neck, defined by the hanging rather than by the shape or the material. It is close to dead. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/word/periapt/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 29K
Monastiraki — Amulet Atlas A flea-market neighbourhood in the old town of Athens, built round Monastiraki Square and running along Pandrossou and Adrianou streets. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/place/monastiraki/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 52K
Gorgoneion — Amulet Atlas A face, not a body: wild eyes, tusks, tongue out, snakes for hair. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/gorgoneion/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
Tama — Amulet Atlas A small metal plaque, base metal or precious, with an image embossed on it: a heart, an eye, a hand, a leg, a whole kneeling figure, a house, a baby, a ship. A ribbon runs through it. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/tama-votive/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 35K
Campbell Bonner — Amulet Atlas American classicist, 1876–1954, of the University of Michigan, who wrote the book that made carved magical gems a subject with a method. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/person/campbell-bonner/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 29K
Magical gem — Amulet Atlas A cut stone between one and three centimetres across, engraved on both faces and often round the edge as well. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/magical-gem/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 37K
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