02759nam 2200625 450 991046329050332120200903223051.090-04-25630-X10.1163/9789004256309(CKB)2670000000409717(EBL)1367838(OCoLC)857769656(SSID)ssj0000983789(PQKBManifestationID)11632786(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000983789(PQKBWorkID)11010487(PQKB)10981117(MiAaPQ)EBC1367838(OCoLC)847532382(nllekb)BRILL9789004256309(PPN)180397494(Au-PeEL)EBL1367838(CaPaEBR)ebr10757054(CaONFJC)MIL514239(EXLCZ)99267000000040971720130606d2013 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWorlds full of signs ancient Greek divination in context /by Kim BeerdenLeiden ;Boston :Brill,2013.1 online resource (260 p.)Religions in the Graeco-Roman world,0927-7633 ;v. 176Description based upon print version of record.90-04-25239-8 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.part one. Introduction to ancient divination -- part two. Elements of ancient divination -- part three. Function of ancient divination.Worlds Full of Signs compares Greek divination to divinatory practices in Neo-Assyrian Mesopotamia and Republican Rome. It argues that the character of Greek divination differed fundamentally from that of the two comparanda. Ample attention is given to background and method at first. Subsequent chapters discuss the divinatory elements – sign, homo divinans , and text, relating divination to time and uncertainty. This book brings together sources originating from various times and places, questioning these to consider both generalities of ancient divination and specifics of Greek divination. Greek divination was inherently flexible on many levels: these findings should be connected to Greek views on time and the future as well as the relatively low level of divinatory institutionalization.Religions in the Graeco-Roman World176.DivinationGreeceOracles, GreekElectronic books.DivinationOracles, Greek.133.30938Beerden Kim909688MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463290503321Worlds full of signs2035645UNINA