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1 online resource. |
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text file |
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Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum / Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity ; v. 94
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Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum / Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity.
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| Summary |
William Furley and Victor Gysembergh bring together in a new edition the papyrus fragments of ancient Greek manuals of extispicy, that is, the inspection of animal entrails to predict the future. From art and literature we already know that the practice was important throughout the historical period in military and civic life, representing a widespread and respected way of taking the omens before embarking on any venture. Now, for the first time, the papyrological texts relating to this branch of the ancient mantic art have been collected, reedited and interpreted. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Divination -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.
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Divination. |
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Greece. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
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Animal sacrifice -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.
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Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri)
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Animal sacrifice. |
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Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) |
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Liver. |
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Liver.
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Medicine, Ancient. |
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Medicine, Ancient.
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Mediterranean Region. |
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Divination -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses.
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Middle East. |
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Divination -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses.
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Prophecy -- History.
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Prophecy. |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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History.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Gysembergh, Victor, 1987- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Furley, William. Reading the Liver : Papyrological Texts on Ancient Greek Extispicy. Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck GmbH & Co. KG, ©2015 9783161538902 |
| ISBN |
3161538919 (e-book) |
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9783161538919 (electronic book) |
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