Ancient demon possession

Greek Koine and Biblical and Medieval Greek
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Looking for resources on folk beliefs regarding demonic possession, I discovered De antiquorum daemonismo, an apparently comprehensive collection of ancient testimonies.

There is a lot of good stuff in it, but this sovereign remedy caught my eye:

πρὸς δαιμονιαζομένους Πιβήχσως δόκιμον· λαβὼν ἔλαιον ὀμφακίζοντα μετὰ βοτάνης μαστιγίας καὶ λωτομήτρας ἕψει μετὰ σαμψούχου ἀχρωτίστου λέγων· > ιωηλ > ωσσαρθιωμι εμωρι θεωχιψοιθ σιδεμεωχ σωθη ιωη μιμιψωθιωωφ φερσωθι αεηιουω ιωη εωχαριφθα ἔξελθε ἀπὸ τοῦ δεῖνα κοινῶς.

But if my name isn’t good enough for you, you can also use the Iliad.

τρίστιχος Ὁμήρου πάρεδρος·

ὧς εἰπὼν τάφροιο διήλασε μώνυχας ἵππους
ἄνδρας τ᾽ ἀσπαίροντας ἐν ἀργαλέοισι φόνοισιν
αὐτοὶ δ᾽ ἱδρῶ πολλὸν ἀπενίζοντο θαλάσσῃ

τούτους τοὺς στίχους ἐάν τις ἀποδράσας φορῇ ἐν σιδηρᾷ λάμνῃ, οὐδέποτε εὑρεθήσεται – enumerantur aliae res, quae versibus Homeriacis efficiuntur

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So from now on, instead of saying “By Jesus, whom Paul preaches,” I’m going to say “By Joel, textkit admin…”

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I doubt it would be very efficacious. However, here is another one with Jesus that would sound very impressive, I think, if said in full.

῾ὁρκίζω σε κατὰ τοῦ θεοῦ τῶν Ἑβραίων Ἰησοῦ· ιαβα· ιαη· Ἀβραώθ· αϊα. Θώθ· ελεελω· αηω· εου· ιιιβαεχ· αβαρμας· ϊαβαραου· αβελβελ· λωνα· αβρα· μαροια· βρακιων…῾

I suppose that Θώθ is Thoth. Is “abra” short for “abracadabra”? I’m not sure what αβελβελ would be, but the TLG has entries for Ἀβελβάκης and Ἀβελβοῦς as proper names.