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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.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Flower, Michael A.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2008.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.