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Titre(s) : Divination and prophecy in the ancient Greek world [Texte imprimé] / edited by Roger D. Woodard..
Publication : Cambridge : Cambridge University press, copyright 2023
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X-319 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 282-312. Notes bibliogr. Index
"This volume examines the phenomena of ancient Greek prophecy and divination. With
contributions from a cast of distinguished, international 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 interdisciplinary 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 the Archaic and Classical periods, to the 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"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Woodard, Roger Dillard (1951-....)
Sujet(s) : Divinisation -- Grèce -- Antiquité
Prophétie -- Grèce -- Antiquité
Indice(s) Dewey :
133.309 38 (23e éd.) = Divination - Monde antique - Grèce
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781009221603 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47101856p
Notice n° :
FRBNF47101856
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : General introduction / John J. Peradotto ; 1. Greek divination as the transformation
of an Indo-European European process / Roger D. Woodard ; 2. On divinatory practices
and la raison des signes in classical Greek / Claude Calame ; 3. Oracle and client
/ Robert Parker ; 4. Oracular failure in ancient Greek culture / Esther Eidinow
; 5. The dynamism of mouvance in the pronouncements of the Delphic Oracle / Gregory
Nagy ; 6. Decentralising Delphi: predictive oracles, local knowledge and social memory
/ Maurizio Giangiulio ; 7. Oracular tales before historiography / Nino Luraghi ;
8. Omens and portents foretelling victory and defeat: ontological, literary, and cognitive
perspectives / Michael A. Flower ; 9. The use of divination by Macedonian kings /
F.S. Naiden ; 19. False prophets and fake prophets in Lucian / Dana Fields ; 11.
Afterword / Roger D. Woodard.
