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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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Bibliographic Details
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.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Exploring uncertainty
  • A lapse into unreason
  • Individuals and oracles
  • The dwelling of the spirit
  • A catalogue and summary of published questions by individuals and responses from the Dodona Oracle
  • Oracles and daily life
  • Curses!
  • Urban drama
  • The best defence
  • Business as usual?
  • Love and curses
  • Curses and risk.