Divination and Portents in the Roman WorldRobin Lorsch Wildfang, Jacob Isager University Press of Southern Denmark, 2000 - Всего страниц: 79 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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... Greek philosophical thinking , 35 but of course characterized by Cicero's own elaboration and exam- ples from Roman history.36 Furthermore , it would appear from his letters and from the preface to de natura deorum , 37 that Cicero ...
... Greek philosophical thinking , 35 but of course characterized by Cicero's own elaboration and exam- ples from Roman history.36 Furthermore , it would appear from his letters and from the preface to de natura deorum , 37 that Cicero ...
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... Greek or eastern rulers . This is most obvious in the case of the first story . Atia's first dream , that she was impregnated by Apollo in the guise of a snake , is clearly a reworking of an earlier Greek heroic topos , paralleling as ...
... Greek or eastern rulers . This is most obvious in the case of the first story . Atia's first dream , that she was impregnated by Apollo in the guise of a snake , is clearly a reworking of an earlier Greek heroic topos , paralleling as ...
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... Greek purificatory ritual more than a Roman one , references to post - coital purification by smoke are in any case few and far between , but the few there are are confined to Greek texts - while , as the French scholar , P. Grandet ...
... Greek purificatory ritual more than a Roman one , references to post - coital purification by smoke are in any case few and far between , but the few there are are confined to Greek texts - while , as the French scholar , P. Grandet ...
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