Omens and oracles : divination in ancient Greece
| 1. Verfasser: |
Dillon, Matthew, 1963-
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
New York :
Routledge,
2017.
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| Umfang/Format: |
487 pages. |
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| Online Zugang: |
Online available (Ebook Central) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- The ancient Greeks on divination
- Diviners of epic sagas
- Diviners in the historical narrative
- 'Interpreting omens from birds'
- Portents and prodigies
- Sacrificial entrails and battlefield sacrifices
- Dreams, dice, and the dead
- Oracular centres of Apollo and Zeus
- The demise of oracular shrines and the transformation of omens.
