Oracles, curses, and risk among the ancient Greeks /

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This book is a study of the question tablets from the oracle at Dodona and binding-curse tablets from across the ancient Greek world, These tablets reveal the hopes and anxieties of ordinary people, and help us to understand some of the ways in which they managed risk and uncertainty in their daily...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Eidinow, Esther
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
This book is a study of the question tablets from the oracle at Dodona and binding-curse tablets from across the ancient Greek world, These tablets reveal the hopes and anxieties of ordinary people, and help us to understand some of the ways in which they managed risk and uncertainty in their daily lives.
Umfang:
xii, 516 p. : ill., maps.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [456]-480) and indexes.
ISBN:
9786611164775
9780191557224
0191557226
9780191708114
0191708119
9780199660667
0199660662
9781281164773
1281164771
9781435614109
1435614100
9780199277780
0199277788
Schlagworte:
Oracles, Greek.
Blessing and cursing > Greece.
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