Ancient Greek Divination by Johnston, Sarah Iles

Ancient Greek Divination (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781405115735)

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Ancient Greek Divination by Johnston, Sarah Iles

Ancient Greek Divination

$41.95
Ancient Greek Divination by Johnston, Sarah Iles

Ancient Greek Divination

$41.95
Format: Paperback
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The first English-language survey of ancient Greek divinatory methods, Ancient Greek Divination offers a broad yet detailed treatment of the earliest attempts by ancient Greeks to seek the counsel of the gods.

  • Offers in-depth discussions of oracles, wandering diviners, do-it-yourself methods of foretelling the future, magical divinatory techniques, and much more
  • Illustrates how the study of divination illuminates the mentalities of ancient Greek religions and societies


Author: Sarah Iles Johnston
ISBN-10: 1405115734
ISBN-13: 9781405115735
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2008
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d
By Sarah Iles Johnston
By Sarah Iles Johnston
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Sarah Iles Johnston is Professor of Greek and Latin and Director of the Program in the Study of Religions at The Ohio State University. She is the author of Hekate Soteira (1990) and Restless Dead (1999) and the editor or co-editor of Medea: Essays on Medea in Myth, Literature, Philosophy and Art (1997), Religions of the Ancient World: A Guide (2004) and Mantike: Studies in Ancient Divination (2005). Her most recent book, which she co-authored with Fritz Graf, is Ritual Texts for the Afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets (2007).

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