Ancient Greek Divination
by Sarah Iles Johnston
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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 societiesTags
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Author Information
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Sarah Iles Johnston is Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of Religion and Professor of Classics at the Ohio State University. Her many books include Ancient Greek Divination and, with Fritz Graf, Ritual Texts for the Afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets.
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Ancient Greek Divination
- Original title
- Ancient Greek Divination
- Original publication date
- 2008
- Important places
- Delphi, Greece
- Dedication
- For Fritz Graf
- First words
- In the town where I live, a few blocks away from the campus where I teach, there is a shop that specializes in providing materials to people who want to foretell the future - and in training them to do it.
- Blurbers
- Collins, Derek; Struck, Peter T.
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, Religion & Spirituality, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 133.30938 — Philosophy & psychology Parapsychology & occultism Specific topics in parapsychology and occultism Divinatory arts Biography And History Ancient World
- LCC
- BF1765 .J64 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Psychology Occult sciences Oracles. Sibyls. Divinations
- BISAC
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- Members
- 79
- Popularity
- 402,451
- Rating
- (3.75)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 7
