Oracles, curses, and risk among the ancient Greeks /
In this book, question tablets from the oracle at Dodona are set side-by-side with curse tablets (katadesmoi or defixiones) from across the Ancient Greek world (for the period 6th-1st centuries BCE). It explores what these texts reveal about perceptions of and responses to the uncertain future, and...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |