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Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks
Esther Eidinow
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Description for Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 536 pages, 6 in-text illustrations and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 796.
How did ancient Greek men and women deal with the uncertainty and risk of everyday life? What did they fear most, and how did they manage their anxieties? Esther Eidinow sets side-by-side two collections of material usually studied in isolation: binding curse tablets from across the ancient world, and the collection of published private questions from the oracle at Dodona in north-west Greece. Eidinow uses these texts to explore perceptions of risk and uncertainty in ancient society, challenging previous explanations. In these records we hear voices that are rarely, if ever, heard in literary texts and history books. The ... Read more
How did ancient Greek men and women deal with the uncertainty and risk of everyday life? What did they fear most, and how did they manage their anxieties? Esther Eidinow sets side-by-side two collections of material usually studied in isolation: binding curse tablets from across the ancient world, and the collection of published private questions from the oracle at Dodona in north-west Greece. Eidinow uses these texts to explore perceptions of risk and uncertainty in ancient society, challenging previous explanations. In these records we hear voices that are rarely, if ever, heard in literary texts and history books. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
Number of Pages
538
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199660667
SKU
V9780199660667
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About Esther Eidinow
Esther Eidinow is a Lecturer in Ancient Greek History, at the University of Nottingham
Reviews for Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks
Review from previous edition a scholarly work of high standard
Emmanuel Voutiras, The Classical Review
This book will undoubtedly serve as a comprehensive and readable introduction to the range of contexts under which oracle consultation and cursing would have taken place in ancient Greece, and as a trove of new insights and skeptical reservations for both laypeople and ... Read more
Emmanuel Voutiras, The Classical Review
This book will undoubtedly serve as a comprehensive and readable introduction to the range of contexts under which oracle consultation and cursing would have taken place in ancient Greece, and as a trove of new insights and skeptical reservations for both laypeople and ... Read more