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Worlds full of signs : ancient Greek divination in context /

Flexibility is the distinguishing feature of ancient Greek divination. Worlds Full of Signs offers a systematic approach by discussing the divinatory sign, homo divinans, text and uncertainty management from a comparative perspective, using Republican Rome and Neo-Assyrian Mesopotamia as comparanda.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beerden, Kim
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
Colección:Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; v. 176.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Flexibility is the distinguishing feature of ancient Greek divination. Worlds Full of Signs offers a systematic approach by discussing the divinatory sign, homo divinans, text and uncertainty management from a comparative perspective, using Republican Rome and Neo-Assyrian Mesopotamia as comparanda.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 248 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004256309
900425630X
1299829880
9781299829886
ISSN:0927-7633 ;