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1 online resource (xviii, 305 pages) Michael Flower enters into the socioreligious world of ancient Greece to explore what seers did, why they were so widely employed and how their craft served as a viable and useful social practice Includes bibliographical references and index Print version record Problems, methods, and sources -- Who is a seer? -- The role and image of the seer -- Divination as a system of knowledge and belief -- Disbelief and skepticism about seers: is the best seer the one who guesses well? -- A dangerous profession: the seer in warfare -- The art of the consultation -- Not just a man's profession: the female seer -- Conclusion

Chủ đề: Divination -- Greece, Oracles, Greek, Prophets -- Greece, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Divination -- Fortune Telling, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Prophecy, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Divination -- General, HISTORY -- Ancient -- General, Divination, Prophets, Profeten, Griekse oudheid, Greece -- Religious life and

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