Omens and Oracles : Divination in Ancient Greece /: Divination in Ancient Greece. (2017)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Omens and Oracles : Divination in Ancient Greece /: Divination in Ancient Greece. (2017)
- Main Title:
- Omens and Oracles : Divination in Ancient Greece
- 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.
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- Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗
- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.312722
- Ingest File:
- 01_241.xml