Ancient divination and experience

Weitere Verfasser: Driediger-Murphy, Lindsay Gayle, 1983- , [HerausgeberIn]
Eidinow, Esther, 1970- , [HerausgeberIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Ausgabe: First edition.
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource (xi, 296 pages).
Parallelausgabe: Ancient divination and experience (Print version)
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 2 Datensätze
Online Zugang: open access
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Front Matter Introduction Lindsay G. Driediger-Murphy and Esther Eidinow Part I Expertise and Authority 1 Augur Anxieties in the Ancient Near East Scott B. Noegel 2 Testing the Oracle? Esther Eidinow 3 Euxenippos at Oropos Hugh Bowden 4 Whose Dream Is It Anyway? Jason P. Davies Part II Signs and Control 5 A Reconsideration of the Pythia’s Use of Lots Lisa Maurizio 6 Making Sense of Chaos Andrew Stiles 7 Prodigies in the Early Principate? Federico Santangelo 8 Unsuccessful Sacrifice in Roman State Divination Lindsay G. Driediger-Murphy Part III Divine Presence? 9 Divination and the ‘Real Presence’ of the Divine in Ancient Greece Michael A. Flower 10 The Pythia at Delphi Quinton Deeley 11 Which Gods if Any Lisa Raphals End Matter