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.
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2008.
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| 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.


