The Seer in Ancient Greece /
Michael Flower enters into the socioreligious world of ancient Greece to explore what seers did, why they were so widely employed and how their craft served as a viable and useful social practice.
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2008.
|
| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Problems, methods, and sources
- Who is a seer?
- The role and image of the seer
- Divination as a system of knowledge and belief
- Disbelief and skepticism about seers: is the best seer the one who guesses well?
- A dangerous profession: the seer in warfare
- The art of the consultation
- Not just a man's profession: the female seer
- Conclusion.


