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Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks
Eidinow, Esther (, Lecturer in Ancient Greek History, University of Nottingham)
Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks
Eidinow, Esther (, Lecturer in Ancient Greek History, University of Nottingham)
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.
534 pages, 6 halftones, 2 maps
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | November 24, 2007 |
ISBN13 | 9780199277780 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 534 |
Dimensions | 166 × 243 × 34 mm · 938 g |