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177

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Divination in the Ancient World: religious options and the individual
2013, Franz Steiner Verlag
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Table of Contents

New perspectives on ancient divination -- Jörg Rüpke
Oracular consultation, fate, and the concept of the individual -- Esther Eidinow
Seeking certainty and claiming authority : the consultation of Greek oracles from classical and the Roman imperial periods -- Hugh Bowden
Interpretative strategies for Delphic oracles and kledons : prophecy falsification and individualism -- Lisa Maurizio
Cicero and the Pythia : a deceptive dilemma? -- Susanne William Rasmussen
Will my child have a big nose?": uncertainty, authority and narrative in katarchic astrology -- Richard Gordon
Lucian of Samosata on oracles, magic and superstition -- Wolfgang Spickermann
Individuation through divination : the Hieroi logoi of Aelius Aristides -- Veit Rosenberger.

Edition Notes

This book is the printed outcome of the conference "Oracles in the Ancient World: Religious Options and the Individual" held at Erfurt University in October 2011 -- Page 7.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Stuttgart
Series
Alte Geschichte (Stuttgart, Germany), Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge -- Bd. 46, Alte Geschichte (Stuttgart, Germany), Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge -- Bd. 46.
Copyright Date
2013

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Dewey Decimal Class
292.32
Library of Congress
BF1765 .O73 2013, BF1765.O73 2013, BF1765 .D58 2013

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Pagination
177 pages
Number of pages
177

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28392266M
Internet Archive
divinationinanci0000orac
ISBN 10
3515106294
ISBN 13
9783515106290
LCCN
2013493618
OCLC/WorldCat
865469376
Deutsche National Bibliothek
1043559922

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