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200 10$aOracles, curses, and risk among the ancient Greeks$b[electronic resource] /$fEsther Eidinow
210   $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2007
215   $a1 online resource (533 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [456]-480) and indexes.
327   $aContents; 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; Catalogue of Binding Curses; Glossary; Bibliography; Index Locorum; General Index
330   $aA 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. - ;Esther Eidinow sets the published question tablets from the oracle at Dodona side by side with the binding-curse tablets from across the ancient Greek world, and explores what they can tell us about perceptions of and expressions of risk among ordinary Greek men and women, as well as the insights they 
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