also served as protective and apotropaic magic. Greeks used the expression ???????? ("Heracles") as an exclamation of anger or frustration, invoking Heracles as a protector against evil for those experiencing hardship. They also gave offerings and made sacrifices to ward off evil.

Another way for protection from enchantment used by the ancient Greeks was by spitting into the folds of the clothes.

Ancient Greeks also had an old custom of dressing boys as girls in order to avert the evil eye.

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