What do you do when the person you're convinced is the one for you is about to marry someone else?

If you are Degina, a woman living in ancient Macedon, you carve a curse into lead, roll it up, and place it in a grave so the dead can carry your romantic crisis to the underworld.

In this episode of Cursed...ish, Angela and Daniel dig into the Pella Curse Tablet, an ancient Greek binding spell found in Pella, the former capital of Macedon. The tablet appears to capture one woman’s attempt to stop Dionysophon from marrying Thetima and make sure he ends up with her instead.

Along the way, we talk ancient curse tablets, love spells, binding magic, graveyard delivery systems, Daimones, Doric Greek, translation drama, judicial curses, erotic attraction spells, and why humanity has apparently always been jealous, dramatic, and deeply committed to putting bad decisions in writing.

Was the Pella Curse Tablet real magic, a desperate love curse, or just the ancient Macedonian version of a burn book?

Maybe Dionysophon was cursed. Maybe Thetima was cursed. Maybe Degina was just fully unwell.

Maybe cursed. Maybe not.

Questions, comments, or your own accursed tales to share? Send us a hex at uhoh@cursedish.com.

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