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Omens and Oracles : Divination in Ancient Greece / Matthew Dillon.

By: Material type: TextTextDescription: 1 online resourceISBN:
  • 9781315577791
  • 1315577798
  • 9781317148951
  • 1317148959
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 133.30938 D579
LOC classification:
  • BF1765 .D55 2017
Contents:
The ancient Greeks on divination -- Diviners of epic sagas -- Diviners in the historical narrative -- 'Interpreting omens from birds' -- Portents and prodigies -- Sacrificial entrails and battlefield sacrifices -- Dreams, dice, and the dead -- Oracular centres of Apollo and Zeus -- The demise of oracular shrines and the transformation of omens.
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The ancient Greeks on divination -- Diviners of epic sagas -- Diviners in the historical narrative -- 'Interpreting omens from birds' -- Portents and prodigies -- Sacrificial entrails and battlefield sacrifices -- Dreams, dice, and the dead -- Oracular centres of Apollo and Zeus -- The demise of oracular shrines and the transformation of omens.

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