Divination and Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity by Crystal Addey
Addressing the close connections between ancient divination and knowledge, this volume offers an interlinked and detailed set of case studies which examine the epistemic value and significance of divination in ancient Greek and Roman cultures.-
Combined Arms Warfare in Ancient Greece
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Antonio Gramsci and the Ancient World
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Underworld Gods in Ancient Greek Religion
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Generic Enrichment in Plutarch’s Lives
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Bride of Hades to Bride of Christ
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Masculinity and Dress in Roman Antiquity
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The Making of Identities in Athenian Oratory
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The Representation of Slavery in the Greek Novel
- Body Behaviour and Identity Construction in Ancient Greek and Roman Literature
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Crisis and Resilience in Ancient Greek Alliances
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Female Agency and Virtue in the Odyssey
- Theologies of Fear in Early Greek Epic
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Greek Magic
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The Pharos Lighthouse In Alexandria
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Homicide in the Attic Orators
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Aeschylus and War
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Intertextuality in Seneca's Philosophical Writings
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Time and Chronology in Creation Narratives
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Poetics and Religion in Pindar
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Athens Transformed, 404-262 BC
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Displaying the Ideals of Antiquity
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Lucian and His Roman Voices
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Greek and Roman Military Manuals
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The Extramercantile Economies of Greek and Roman Cities
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Power Couples in Antiquity
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Plato's Dialectic on Woman
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Text and Intertext in Greek Epic and Drama
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A Cognitive Analysis of the Main Apolline Divinatory Practices
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Processions and the Construction of Communities in Antiquity
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Atheism at the Agora
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Married Life in Greco-Roman Antiquity
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Thornton Wilder, Classical Reception, and American Literature
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Classicising Crisis
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Resemblance and Reality in Greek Thought
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Rome and Provincial Resistance
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Late Classical and Early Hellenistic Corinth
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Athens
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Religious Dissent in the Roman Empire
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Virgil's Homeric Lens
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Apuleius and Africa
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The Roman Garden
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Life and Letters in the Ancient Greek World
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The Eunuch in Byzantine History and Society
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Actors and Audience in the Roman Courtroom
"Cette synthèse, claire et efficace, sur les sujets complexes que sont l’astrologie et la théurgie platonicienne conclut ainsi l’ouvrage sur une précieuse et nécessaire réflexion sur la notion de rationalité antique"
(This synthesis, clear and efficient, on the complex subjects that are astrology and Platonic theurgy, thus concludes the work on a precious and necessary reflection on the notion of ancient rationality) - Kernos
Crystal Addey is a Lecturer in Classics at University College Cork, Ireland, and a Tutor for the Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK. She is the author of Divination and Theurgy in Neoplatonism: Oracles of the gods (Routledge 2014).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781138212992 |
| ISBN 10 | 1138212997 |
| Title | Divination and Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity |
| Author | Crystal Addey |
| Series | Routledge Monographs In Classical Studies |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Year published | 2021-07-16 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
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