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The ancient Romans believed that the gods sent signs of future events to men through the flight of birds, meteorological disturbances and other natural phenomena. These signs influenced every sphere of ancient life, both public and private, from a state's decision to go to war or make peace, hold an election or meet a public crisis to an individual's business, mariage or travel plans. The book illustrates how the various Roman divinatory techniques were inter-woven into the structures of ancient society as well as how they were used in literary contexts. The intriguing question of the alleged doublethink among the Roman intellectuals in their attitude to Divination is another important theme taken up in Divination & Portents in the Roman World.
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Divination & Portents in the Roman World
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Odense University Press, Portland, OR, 2000
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Paperback. 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 79pp. Fine. Pristine first edition of these half dozen essays by leading classicists on the role of -- you guessed it -- divination and portents in ancient Roman society. Seller Inventory # 50238
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Divination & Portents in the Roman World
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Odense University Press, 1998
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Softcover. Condition: Near fine. Odense University Classical Studies vol. 21. Papers from a colloquium held at the Dept. of Greek and Roman Studies, U. of Southern Denmark, Odense University, May 1998. 79 p. 22 cm. Yellow paperback. Seller Inventory # 126933
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Divination & Portents in the Roman World
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ISBN 10: 8778384621
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orig.wrappers. 22x15cm, 79 pages., Series: Odense University Classical Studies, Vol. 21. Contains 5 papers. Includes: S.W. Rasmussen "Cicero's Stand on Prodigies: A Non-Existent Dilemma?"; M.G. Morgan "Omens in Tacitus' Histories I-III"; R.L. Wildfang "The Propaganda of Omens: Six Dreams Involving Augustus"; H. L. Hansen "The Truth Without Nonsense": Remarks on Artemidorus' ' Interpretation of Dreams'"; R.L. Wildfang "Fulgura et Fulmina: Or What It Portends When the Family Tomb is Struck by a fulmen quod decussit". A large rubberstamp to title-page. Minor wear. VG. Seller Inventory # 010315