Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks - Eidinow, Esther (, Lecturer in Ancient Greek History, University of Nottingham) - Books - Oxford University Press - 9780199660667 - August 8, 2013
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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

This book is 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.


536 pages, 6 in-text illustrations and 2 maps

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released August 8, 2013
ISBN13 9780199660667
Publishers Oxford University Press
Pages 538
Dimensions 157 × 231 × 36 mm   ·   798 g