Mantike : : studies in ancient divination / / edited by Sarah Iles Johnston and Peter T. Struck.
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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| Superior document: | Religions in the Graeco-Roman world, v. 155 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ;
v. 155. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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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.