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Oracles, curses, and risk among the ancient Greeks /

In this book, question tablets from the oracle at Dodona are set side-by-side with curse tablets (katadesmoi or defixiones) from across the Ancient Greek world (for the period 6th-1st centuries BCE). It explores what these texts reveal about perceptions of and responses to the uncertain future, and...

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Main Author:	Eidinow, Esther, 1970-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Subjects:	Oracles, Greek. Blessing and cursing > Greece. Greece > Religious life and customs. Oracles grecs. Bénédiction et malédiction > Grèce. RELIGION > Antiquities & Archaeology. BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Spirituality > Paganism & Neo-Paganism. Blessing and cursing Oracles, Greek Greece Angst. Onzekerheid. Orakels. Vervloekingen. Griekse oudheid. Griekenland. Orakel > grekisk religion. Förbannelser > grekisk religion. Electronic books.
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