| Description |
xiv, 270 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-263) and index. |
| Contents |
Why did the Greeks consult oracles? -- Possession or policy?: the case of Delphi -- The riddles of the Pythia -- From Egypt to Dodona -- The gods, the heroes and the dead -- The oracle coast: sibyls and prophets of Asia Minor -- Dreams and healing -- Dicing for destiny -- Foreknowledge, fate and philosophy -- Sceptics, frauds and fakes -- New questions for the oracles: Platonism and theology -- 'Ecstatic predictions of woe': the Sibylline oracles -- Silencing the oracles. |
| Summary |
For more than a thousand years, Greeks from all walks of life consulted oracles for guidance received directly from the gods. This colorful and wide-ranging survey encompasses the entire history of Greek oracles and focuses fresh attention on philosophical, psychological, and anthropological aspects of oracular consultation. |
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Oracles, Greek.
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Divination -- Greece.
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Greece -- Religion.
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ελλ́αδα -- θρησκέια.
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Orakels.
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Orakel.
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Spådomskonst -- Grekland.
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Grekisk religion.
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Divination. (OCoLC)fst00895747
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Oracles, Greek. (OCoLC)fst01046992
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Religion. (OCoLC)fst01093763
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Greece. (OCoLC)fst01208380
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Religion.
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Orakel.
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Griechenland (Altertum)
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| ISBN |
9780300140422 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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0300140428 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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