The Seer in Ancient Greece /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Flower, Michael A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Griekse oudheid.
Profeten.
Prophets
Oracles, Greek
Divination
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Divination > General.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Prophecy.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Divination > Fortune Telling.
Prophetes > Grece.
Oracles grecs.
Divination > Grece.
Prophets > Greece.
Oracles, Greek.
Divination > Greece.
Greece
Greece > Religious life and customs.
Electronic books.
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.

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