Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks

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  • Author : Esther Eidinow
  • Release Date : 2007-10-04
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 533
  • ISBN 13 : 0199277788
  • File Size : 11,11 MB
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Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks by Esther Eidinow PDF Summary

Book Description: 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.

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