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Cover 1 Ancient Divination and Experience 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 List of Abbreviations 8 List of Contributors 10 Introduction 14 1. ‘You Believe; We Know’ 14 2. Beyond Functionalism 15 3. Similarities and Differences 18 4. Divine and Divinatory Interventions 22 References 24 PART I: EXPERTISE AND AUTHORITY 28 1: Augur Anxieties in the Ancient Near East 30 1. Synopsis of Mesopotamian Divination 31 2. Sources of Augur Anxiety 33 3. Negotiating Augur Anxieties 41 4. Conclusions: Insecurities and Divinatory Culture 45 References 47 2: Testing the Oracle?: On the Experience of (Multiple) Oracular Consultations 57 1. The Kroisos Problem 57 2. Multiple Oracular Inquiries 61 2.1. Serial Inquiries 61 2.2. Simultaneous Inquiries 63 2.3. Successive Inquiries 64 3. Herodotean Narratives: Testing, Testing, Testing 68 4. A Kaleidoscope of Uncertainty 73 5. Test and/or Topos 76 References 78 3: Euxenippos at Oropos: Dreaming for Athens 81 1. Context: Athenian Consultations 81 2. Who was Euxenippos? 84 3. Dream Incubation 87 4. Dreams, Interpretation, and Recall 88 5. Divination in Athens 93 References 96 4: Whose Dream Is It Anyway?: Navigating the Significance of Dreams in the Ancient World 10

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Author

LINDSAY G. DRIEDIGER-MURPHY AND ESTHER EIDINOW

Published

2019

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction