doi:10.22315/ACD/2016/6spaSánchez Natalías, CeliaEpigrafía pública y defixiones. Paradigmas (y paradojas) del Occidente LatinoART-2016-113758This paper falls into two main sections. The first deals with the defixio and its traditional definition as an example of so-called private inscriptions. Unlike public epigraphs, which were monumental, crafted by professionals, intended for display, and had (mainly) a commemorative function, defixiones (whether written by magoi or amateurs) are usually considered to be among Antiquity’s most private texts. Nevertheless, curse tablets and public inscriptions share a very important feature: both contained messages meant to endure. This specific feature brings us to the second section of this article, which discusses the influence of public inscriptions on curse tablets: to what extent are defixiones a reflection of monumental epigraphy? Aspects such as the ordinatio of the text, the media employed or the way they were displayed (even inside a tomb) are analyzed in this regard. In an attempt to answer these questions, three publicly displayed curse tablets are discussed in depth.2016http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/13153310.22315/ACD/2016/6http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/131533oai:zaguan.unizar.es:131533Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis 52, 1 (2016), 69-78by-nchttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess