Divination and prophecy in the ancient Greek world

• Titel: Divination and prophecy in the ancient Greek world
• Mitwirkende: Woodard, Roger D. [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by Roger D. Woodard, University of Buffalo (The State University of New York)
• Verlagsort: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA ; PortMelbourne ; New Delhi ; Singapore
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Jahr: 2023
• Umfang: x, 319 Seiten
• Fussnoten: "The inspiration for and evolutionary beginnings of this volume can be located in a small symposium on ancient Greek divination and prophecy, [...], held at the Union League Club in New York City in autumn 2016." - Acknowledgements, Seite viii) ; Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 282-312
• ISBN: 978-1-009-22161-0
• ISBN: 978-1-009-22160-3
• Schlagwörter: (s)Divination / (s)Prophetie / (s)Antike
• Dokumenttyp: Konferenzschrift: (2016 : New York)
• Dokumenttyp: Aufsatzsammlung
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Divination and prophecy in the ancient Greek world. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023. - 1 online resource (x, 319 pages)
• Sach-SW: HISTORY / Ancient / General
• K10plus-PPN: 1816563706

Abstract

"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"--