Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks (Hardcover)

Esther Eidinow sets the published question tablets from the oracle at Dodona side by side with the binding-curse tablets from across the ancient Greek world, and explores what they can tell us about perceptions of and expressions of risk among ordinary Greek men and women, as well as the insights they afford into civic institutions and activities, and social dynamics. Eidinow follows the anthropologist Mary Douglas in defining risk' as socially constructed, in contradistinction to most other ancient historians, who treat risk-management as a way of handling objective external dangers. The book includes a full catalogue of all published texts from Dodona, as well as the 159 curse tablets discussed, together with translations of all texts.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2007
First published:	November 2007
Authors:	Esther Eidinow
Dimensions:	241 x 163 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	534
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-927778-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Pre-Christian European & Mediterranean religions > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Pre-Christian European & Mediterranean religions > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-927778-8
Barcode:	9780199277780

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