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Divination and Portents in the Roman World

Editat de Robin Lorsch Wildfang, Jacob Isager
en Limba Engleză Paperback – dec 1999
The ancient Romans believed that the gods sent signs of future events to men through the flight of birds, meteorological disturbances and other natural phenomena. These signs influenced every sphere of ancient life, both public and private, from a states decision to go to war or make peace, hold an election or meet a public crisis to an individuals business, marriage or travel plans. The book illustrates how the various Roman divinatory techniques were inter-woven into the structures of ancient society as well as how they were used in literary contexts. The intriguing question of the alleged doublethink among the Roman intellectuals in their attitude to Divination is another important theme taken up in "Divination & Portents in the Roman World".
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9788778384621
ISBN-10: 8778384621
Pagini: 79
Ilustrații: illustrated
Dimensiuni: 156 x 221 x 6 mm
Greutate: 0.16 kg
Editura: University Press of Southern Denmark

Cuprins

Preface; Cicero's Stand on Prodigies: A Non-existent Dilemma?; Omens in Tacitus' Histories I-III; The Propaganda of Omens: Six Dreams Involving Augustus; "The Truth without Nonsense": Remarks on Artemidorus' Interpretation of Dreams; Fulgura et Fulmina: Or What it Portends to When the Family Tomb is Struck by a Fulmen Quod Decussit.