Omens and Oracles : Divination in Ancient Greece /: Divination in Ancient Greece. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Matthew Dillon.
• Authors: Dillon, Matthew
• Contents: The ancient Greeks on divination -- Diviners of epic sagas -- Diviners in the historical narrative -- 'Interpreting omens from birds' -- Portents and prodigies -- Sacrificial entrails and battlefield sacrifices -- Dreams, dice, and the dead -- Oracular centres of Apollo and Zeus -- The demise of oracular shrines and the transformation of omens.
• Publisher Details: London : Taylor and Francis
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 133.30938 D579; Divination -- Greece -- History -- To 1500; Divination; Greece -- Religious life and customs; Greece; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781315577791; 1315577798; 9781317148951; 1317148959
• Related ISBNs: 9781472424082; 1472424085
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.