Worlds Full of Signs: Ancient Greek Divination in Context |
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Author:
| Beerden, Kim |
Series title: | Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-299-82988-6 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
Publisher: | BRILL
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $141.00 |
Book Description:
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Flexibility is the distinguishing feature of ancient Greek divination. Worlds Full of Signs offers a systematic approach by discussing the divinatory sign, homo divinans, text and uncertainty management from a comparative perspective, using Republican Rome and Neo-Assyrian Mesopotamia as comparanda.
Flexibility is the distinguishing feature of ancient Greek divination. Worlds Full of Signs offers a systematic approach by discussing the divinatory sign, homo divinans, text and uncertainty management from a comparative perspective, using Republican Rome and Neo-Assyrian Mesopotamia as comparanda.