Oracles, curses, and risk among the ancient Greeks / Esther Eidinow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eidinow, Esther, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oracles, Greek.

Blessing and cursing--Greece.

Blessing and cursing.

Greece--Religious life and customs.

Greece.

Physical Description:

xii, 516 p. : ill., maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Figures

Abbreviations

Note on Spellings and Inscription Conventions

Introduction

1. Exploring Uncertainty

2. A Lapse into Unreason

3. Individuals and Oracles

4. The Dwelling of the Spirit

5. A Catalogue and Summary of Published Questions by Individuals and Responses from the Dodona Oracle

6. Oracles and Daily Life

7. Curses!

8. Urban Drama

9. The Best Defence

10. Business as Usual?

11. Love and Curses

12. Curses and Risk

Conclusion

Notes

Appendices

1. Questions Presented by Communities at the Oracle of Dodona

2. Texts Excluded from the Relationship Category

Catalogue of Binding Curses

Glossary

Bibliography

Index Locorum

A

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

V

X

Z

General Index

B

U

W

Y

Z.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [456]-480) and indexes.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786611164775

9780191557224

0191557226

9780191708114

0191708119

9780199660667

0199660662

9781281164773

1281164771

9781435614109

1435614100

9780199277780

0199277788

OCLC:

437093960