Mantikê : studies in ancient divination /

This book thoroughly revisits divination as a central phenomenon in the lives of ancient Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians. It collects studies from many periods in Graeco-Roman history, from the Archaic period to the late Roman, and touches on many different areas of this rich topic, including treatmen...

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Other Authors: Johnston, Sarah Iles, 1957-, Struck, Peter T.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.

Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 155.
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Online, ISBN: 9789004299672.

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Call Number: BF1761 .M36 2005

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • Sarah Iles Johnston and Peter T. Struck
  • DIVINING DIVINATION /
  • Sarah Iles Johnston
  • SIGNS, COMMANDS, AND KNOWLEDGE: ANCIENT DIVINATION BETWEEN ENIGMA AND EPIPHANY /
  • Walter Burkert
  • ROLLING THE DICE FOR AN ANSWER /
  • Fritz Graf
  • CHRISTIAN DIVINATION IN LATE ROMAN GAUL: THE SORTES SANGALLENSES /
  • William E. Klingshirn
  • SORTE UNICA PRO CASIBUS PLURIBUS ENOTATA LITERARY TEXTS AND LOT INSCRIPTIONS AS SOURCES FOR ANCIENT KLEROMANCY /
  • Cristiano Grottanelli
  • DIVINATION AND LITERARY CRITICISM? /
  • Peter T. Struck
  • CHRESMOLOGUES AND MANTEIS: INDEPENDENT DIVINERS AND THE PROBLEM OF AUTHORITY /
  • John Dillery
  • VOICES, BOOKS, AND DREAMS: THE DIVERSIFICATION OF DIVINATION MEDIA IN LATE ANTIQUE EGYPT /
  • David Frankfurter
  • NECROMANCY GOES UNDERGROUND: THE DISGUISE OF SKULL- AND CORPSE-DIVINATION IN THE PARIS MAGICAL PAPYRI (PGM IV 1928-2144) /
  • Christopher A. Faraone
  • DELPHI AND THE DEAD /
  • Sarah Iles Johnston
  • INDEX LOCORUM /
  • Sarah Iles Johnston and Peter T. Struck
  • SUBJECT INDEX /
  • Sarah Iles Johnston and Peter T. Struck.