Sarah Iles Johnston 
Ancient Greek Divination [PDF ebook] 

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The first English-language survey of ancient Greek divinatory methods, Ancient Greek Divination offers a broad yet detailed treatment of the earliest attempts by ancient Greeks to seek the counsel of the gods.
* Offers in-depth discussions of oracles, wandering diviners, do-it-yourself methods of foretelling the future, magical divinatory techniques, and much more
* Illustrates how the study of divination illuminates the mentalities of ancient Greek religions and societies

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Innehållsförteckning

List of Figures.
Acknowledgments.
List of Abbreviations.
1. Why Divination?.
2. The Divine Experience Part One: Delphi and Dodona.
3. The Divine Experience Part Two: Claros, Didyma and
Others.
4. Freelance Divination: The Mantis.
5. The Mantis and the Magician.
Index Locorum.
Subject Index

Om författaren

Sarah Iles Johnston is Professor of Greek and Latin and Director of the Program in the Study of Religions at The Ohio State University. She is the author of Hekate Soteira (1990) and Restless Dead (1999) and the editor or co-editor of Medea: Essays on Medea in Myth, Literature, Philosophy and Art (1997), Religions of the Ancient World: A Guide (2004) and Mantike: Studies in Ancient Divination (2005). Her most recent book, which she co-authored with Fritz Graf, is Ritual Texts for the Afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets (2007).

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Språk Engelska ● Formatera PDF ● Sidor 208 ● ISBN 9781444303001 ● Filstorlek 2.8 MB ● Utgivare John Wiley & Sons ● Publicerad 2009 ● Utgåva 1 ● Nedladdningsbara 24 månader ● Valuta EUR ● ID 2388132 ● Kopieringsskydd Adobe DRM
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