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1 online resource (434 pages) |
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| Summary |
The first complete English translation of the Brontoscopic Calendar, providing an understanding of Etruscan Iron Age society as revealed through the ancient text. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Enthält auch Brontoscopic calendar / Johannes Lydus. |
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COMPARISON OF ETRUSCAN BRONTOSCOPIC OMENS WITH MESOPOTAMIAN TEXTS -- APODOSIS CATEGORY: WANT, SICKNESS, FAMINE -- APODOSIS CATEGORY: THE DOWNFALL OF ONE IN POWER -- APODOSIS CATEGORY: CHILDBIRTH, REPRODUCTION -- APODOSIS CATEGORY: ANIMALS, GOOD AND BAD -- APODOSIS CATEGORY: THE REPTILES/SERPENTS/SNAKES -- APODOSIS CATEGORY: WIND, WEATHER, AND DIRECTIONS -- OTHER UNUSUAL EXPRESSIONS -- CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE: THE MILIEU IN WHICH THE BRONTOSCOPIC TEXT WAS CREATED -- CONTRASTS WITH LATER BRONTOSCOPIA -- POSSIBLE BYZANTINISMS -- ETRUSCAN AFFINITIES: PROPHECY OF VEGOIA (APPENDIX A, TEXT 2) -- BOUNDARIES, DISEASES, AND SOCIAL CLASSES -- TRACES OF ETRUSCAN FORMULAE IN EVENTS OF THE FIRST CENTURYDE HARUSPICUM RESPONSO -- FEATURES OF THE TEXT: VOCABULARY, PHRASES, SYNTAX-- OTHER RELIGIOUS TEXTS IN ITALY: IGUVINE TABLES -- VIEWPOINT, ACTUAL USAGE OF THE ETRUSCAN BRONTOSCOPIC CALENDAR -- MEMORY, RECORDS, AND THE EMERGING STATE -- SUMMARY -- CHAPTER 5 WEATHER, FAUNA, AGRICULTURE, PESTS: "REPTILES WILL TROUBLE HABITATIONS" -- INTRODUCTION: LAND, FLOOD, FAUNA, AND FAMINE IN THE CLASSICAL MEDITERRANEAN -- INCIDENCE OF OMENS RELATING TO FOOD, AGRICULTURE, ANIMALS, PESTS -- REFERENCES TO ANIMALS -- THE ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE BRONTOSCOPIC CALENDAR -- A VIGNETTE OF LIFE IN IRON AGE ETRURIA: THE DIET OF THE RISERVA DEL FERRONE NECROPOLIS "POPULATION" -- SPECIFIC CROPS, ANIMALS, PESTS: BACKGROUND -- FLOCKS AND HERDS, THE BIG THREE: SHEEP/GOATS, CATTLE, SWINE -- THE "WINGED ONES" -- FISH OF ALL KINDS -- WILD GAME -- Τά έρπετά -- REPTILES -- PESTS: INSECTS, MICE, CROP DISEASES -- BACKGROUND ON AGRICULTURE, AGRONOMY IN PREHISTORIC ITALY -- VILLAGE LIFE -- MEALS -- VERUCCHIO -- NORTHERN FISH AND FOWL. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Lydus, Johannes Laurentius, 490-approximately 565. De ostentis.
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Etruscans -- Religion.
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Etruscans -- Religion. |
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Omens.
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Omens. |
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Calendar, Greek.
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Calendar, Greek. |
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Astronomy, Greek.
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Astronomy, Greek. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Turfa, Jean MacIntosh. Divining the Etruscan World : The Brontoscopic Calendar and Religious Practice. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2012 9781107009073 |
| ISBN |
9781139528245 |
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1139528246 |
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9781139525855 (electronic book) |
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1139525859 (electronic book) |
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9780511920554 (electronic book) |
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0511920555 (electronic book) |
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9781107009073 |
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1107009073 |
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9781139530521 |
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1139530526 |
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9781139530521 |
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