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Divination in the Ancient World : Religious Options and the Individual.
The search for knowledge of the future and for divine help is found in all ancient Mediterranean cultures. The key question of this e-book is: What are the interdependences between divination and processes of individualization or de-individualization in the ancient world? Individualization is unders...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stuttgart :
Franz Steiner Verlag,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Table of contents; introduction; new perspectives on ancient divination; oracular consultation, fate, and the concept of the individual; seeking certainty and claiming authority; interpretative strategies for delphic oracles and kledons; cicero and the pythia
- a deceptive dilemma?; "will my child have a big nose?"; lucian of samosata on oracles, magic and superstition; individuation through divination; index.