Divination and Prophecy in the Ancient Greek World
Editat de Roger D. Woodarden Limba Engleză Hardback – 4 ian 2023
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781009221610
ISBN-10: 1009221612
Pagini: 350
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.65 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 1009221612
Pagini: 350
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.65 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Cuprins
General Introduction John J. Peradotto; 1. Greek divination as the transformation of an Indo-European process Roger D. Woodard; 2. On divinatory practices and La Raison Des Signes in Archaic Greece Claude Calame; 3. Oracle and client Robert Parker; 4. Disappointment, dissonance, and reconfiguration: Oracular failure in ancient Greek culture Esther Eidinow; 5. The dynamism of mouvance in the pronouncements of the delphic oracle Gregory Nagy; 6. Decentralising delphi: Predictive oracles, local knowledge, and social memory Maurizio Giangiulio; 7. Oracular tales before historiography Nino Luragi; 8. Omens and portents foretelling victory and defeat: Ontological, literary, and cognitive perspectives Michael A. Flower; 9. The use of divination by Macedonian kings Fred S. Naiden; 10. False prophets and fake prophecies in Lucian Dana Fields; 11. Afterword Roger D. Woodard; Abbreviations; Bibliography.
Descriere
Demonstrates the relevance of comparativism, ethnography, cognitive function, orality, and intertextuality to the elucidation of Greek prophetic practices.