Title The seer in ancient Greece / Michael Attyah Flower.

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Berkeley : University of California Press, 2008.

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Description	1 online resource (xviii, 305 pages).
Series	The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
	Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note	Print version record.
Summary	Michael Flower enters into the socioreligious world of ancient Greece to explore what seers did, why they were so widely employed and how their craft served as a viable and useful social practice.
Contents	Problems, methods, and sources -- Who is a seer? -- The role and image of the seer -- Divination as a system of knowledge and belief -- Disbelief and skepticism about seers: is the best seer the one who guesses well? -- A dangerous profession: the seer in warfare -- The art of the consultation -- Not just a man's profession: the female seer -- Conclusion.
Subject	Divination -- Greece.
	Oracles, Greek.
	Prophets -- Greece.
	Greece -- Religious life and customs.
	BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Divination -- Fortune Telling.
	BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Prophecy.
	BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Divination -- General.
	HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
	Divination. (OCoLC)fst00895747
	Oracles, Greek. (OCoLC)fst01046992
	Prophets. (OCoLC)fst01079211
	Greece. (OCoLC)fst01208380
	Profeten.
	Griekse oudheid.
Other Form:	Print version: Flower, Michael A. Seer in ancient Greece. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2008 (DLC) 2007004264
Standard No.	9786611385507
ISBN	9780520934009 (electronic bk.)
	0520934008 (electronic bk.)

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