Edizione	[First edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2019
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (309 pages)
Disciplina	133.3
Collana	Oxford scholarship online
Soggetto topico	Divination
ISBN	0-19-258291-7 0-19-188003-5 0-19-258290-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Augur anxieties in the ancient Near East / Scott B. Noegel -- Testing the oracle? : on the experience of (multiple) oracular consultations / Esther Eidinow.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910404756703321

Autore	Mikalson Jon D. <1943->
Edizione	[Second edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2010
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (440 p.)
Disciplina	292.08
Collana	Blackwell Ancient Religions
Soggetto topico	Religion - History
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-4443-5819-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Title Page; Copyright; List of color plates; List of figures; List of maps; Preface; Abbreviations; I An Overview: Greek Sanctuaries and Worship; Location; The Altar; The Temenos; Priests and Priestesses; Sacred Days; Dedications; Statue and Temple; Worship; II Greek Gods, Heroes, and Polytheism; The Gods; Ouranic and Chthonic Deities; Heroes and Heroines; Gods and Heroes in Combinations; Gods and Heroes as a Unified Collective; A Human in a Polytheistic World; III Seven Greek Cult Myths; 1. Athena, Poseidon, and Athens; 2. Erechtheus, Athena, and Athenian Autochthony 3. Erechtheus, Poseidon, and Athena4. Dionysus, Icarius, and Erigone; 5. Artemis Brauronia and the Bears; 6. Zeus Polieus, the Bouphonia, and the Ox; 7. Zeus, Prometheus, and the Gods' Portion; IV Five Major Greek Cults; Athena Polias of Athens; Demeter Eleusinia and the Eleusinian Mysteries; Dionysus Cadmeios of Thebes; Apollo Pythios of Delphi; Zeus Olympios of Olympia; V Religion in the Greek Family and Village; The Father; The Mother; The Daughter; The Son; The Slave; VI Religion of the Greek City-State; Fertility of Crops, Animals, and Human Beings; Good Health; Economic Prosperity Safety in Seafaring and WarfareNational Identity and National Needs; VII Greek Religion and the Individual; Death and the Afterlife; VIII Greek Religion in the Hellenistic Period; Athens; Delos; Erythrae; Alexandria; IX Greek Religion and Greek Culture; Life and Death; Government; Architecture; Sculpture; Vases and Painting; Athletic and Other Competitions; Law and Morality; Literature; Localism, Nationalism, and Polytheism; Glossary of recurring Greek terms; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910461670103321

Autore	Stoneman Richard
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New Haven, [Connecticut] ; ; London, [England] : , : Yale University Press, , 2011
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xiv, 270 p. ) : ill., maps ;
Disciplina	292.32
Soggetto topico	Divination - Greece Oracles, Greek
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-300-17213-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Contents List -- Illustrations and Maps -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Why Did the Greeks Consult Oracles? -- 2. Possession or Policy: The Case of Delphi -- 3. The Riddles of the Pythia -- 4. From Egypt to Dodona -- 5. The Gods, the Heroes and the Dead -- 6. The Oracle Coast: Sibyls and Prophets of Asia Minor -- 7. Dreams and Healing -- 8. Dicing for Destiny -- 9. Foreknowledge, Fate and Philosophy -- 10. Sceptics, Frauds and Fakes -- 11. New Questions for the Oracles: Platonism and Theology -- 12. 'Ecstatic Predictions of Woe': The Sibylline Oracles -- 13. Silencing the Oracles -- 14. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910453451803321

Autore	Gaifman Milette
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xviii, 357 p.) : ill
Disciplina	292.3/7
Collana	Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation Aniconism in Greek antiquity
Soggetto topico	Idols and images - Greece Religion Philosophy & Religion European Religions - pre-Christian
ISBN	0-19-174162-0 0-19-964578-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Altri titoli varianti	Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation
Record Nr.	UNISA-996205696103316

Autore	Linke Bernhard
Pubbl/distr/stampa	München : , : Oldenbourg Verlag, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (212 p.)
Disciplina	292.13
Collana	Enzyklopädie der griechisch-römischen Antike
Soggetto topico	Religion
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	3-486-85266-3
Classificazione	CD 1610
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	ger
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Vorwort / Winterling, Aloys -- Zu diesem Band / Linke, Bernhard -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- I. Enzyklopädischer Überblick -- 1. Einleitung -- 2. Die sakralen Mächte -- 3. Sakrale Rituale -- 4. Die Heiligtümer -- 5. Die Priester -- 6. Die griechische und die römische Religion im Vergleich - eine Bilanz -- II. Grundprobleme und Tendenzen der Forschung -- 1. Forschungsgeschichte -- 2. Die sakralen Mächte -- 3. Sakrale Rituale -- 4. Die Heiligtümer -- 5. Die Priester -- III. Literatur -- 1. Forschungsgeschichte -- 2. Die sakralen Mächte -- 3. Sakrale Rituale -- 4. Die Heiligtümer -- 5. Die Priester -- Anhang -- Register -- Personenregister -- Orts- und Sachregister -- Enzyklopädie der griechisch-römischen Antike -- Backmatter
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910453769103321