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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      22 December 2022
      05 January 2023
      ISBN:
      9781009221597
      9781009221610
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009221597
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.64kg, 350 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Ancient History, Classical Studies, History of Religion, Religion
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    This volume examines the phenomena of ancient Greek prophecy and divination. With contributions from a distinguished, international cast of scholars, it offers fresh perspectives and interpretations of key aspects of these practices. Considering issues such as comparativism, ethnography, cognitive function, orality, and intertextuality, the volume demonstrates their relevance to the elucidation of Greek prophetic practices. The volume also shows how multi- and inter-disciplinary approaches can be applied to a range of topics, from an examination of the very inception of Greek divination, explored within the frame of more archaic cult ideas, through emic elaboration of divinatory practice in Archaic and Classical periods, to consideration of intentional manipulation of prophecy, as depicted in Hellenistic and Imperial Roman sources. Collectively, the essays deepen our understanding of ancient Greek prophecy by offering insights into divinition astéhknē, the centrality or marginality of Delphi and the Pythic priestess, prophetic ambiguity, and cognition, including cognitive dissonance.

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    ‘The essays are thought provoking, and the volume itself highlights how much is still unclear and/or under dispute about prophecy as a social practice.’

    Daniel Ullucci Source: Annali di Storia dell’Esegesi

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