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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101009221612
ISBN-139781009221610
eBay Product ID (ePID)7057261136
Product Key Features
Book TitleDivination and Prophecy in the Ancient Greek World
Number of Pages350 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2023
TopicAncient / General, General
IllustratorYes
GenrePsychology, History
AuthorRoger D. Woodard
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN2022-036167
Dewey Edition23/eng/20220906
Dewey Decimal133.30938
Table Of ContentGeneral Introduction John J. Peradotto; 1. Greek divination as the transformation of an Indo-European process Roger D. Woodard; 2. On divinatory practices and La Raison Des Signes in Archaic Greece Claude Calame; 3. Oracle and client Robert Parker; 4. Disappointment, dissonance, and reconfiguration: Oracular failure in ancient Greek culture Esther Eidinow; 5. The dynamism of mouvance in the pronouncements of the delphic oracle Gregory Nagy; 6. Decentralising delphi: Predictive oracles, local knowledge, and social memory Maurizio Giangiulio; 7. Oracular tales before historiography Nino Luragi; 8. Omens and portents foretelling victory and defeat: Ontological, literary, and cognitive perspectives Michael A. Flower; 9. The use of divination by Macedonian kings Fred S. Naiden; 10. False prophets and fake prophecies in Lucian Dana Fields; 11. Afterword Roger D. Woodard; Abbreviations; Bibliography.
SynopsisExamines the phenomena of ancient Greek prophecy and divination, and offers a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of ancient prophecy. Considering issues such as comparativism, ethnography, cognitive function, orality, and intertextuality, the volume demonstrates their relevance to the elucidation of Greek prophetic practices., This volume examines the phenomena of ancient Greek prophecy and divination. With contributions from a distinguished, international cast of scholars, it offers fresh perspectives and interpretations of key aspects of these practices. Considering issues such as comparativism, ethnography, cognitive function, orality, and intertextuality, the volume demonstrates their relevance to the elucidation of Greek prophetic practices. The volume also shows how multi- and inter-disciplinary approaches can be applied to a range of topics, from an examination of the very inception of Greek divination, explored within the frame of more archaic cult ideas, through emic elaboration of divinatory practice in Archaic and Classical periods, to consideration of intentional manipulation of prophecy, as depicted in Hellenistic and Imperial Roman sources. Collectively, the essays deepen our understanding of ancient Greek prophecy by offering insights into divinition astéhkne, the centrality or marginality of Delphi and the Pythic priestess, prophetic ambiguity, and cognition, including cognitive dissonance.i and the Pythic priestess, prophetic ambiguity, and cognition, including cognitive dissonance.
LC Classification NumberBF1765.D588 2023
