Divination and portents in the Roman world

Authors:Robin Lorsch Wildfang (Editor), Jacob Isager (Editor), Syddansk universitet Department of Greek and Roman Studies

Summary:"The articles in this book illustrate 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 Roman intellectuals in their attitude to Divination is another important theme taken up in Divination & Portents in the Roman World."--Jacket

Print Book, English, 2000

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Publisher: Odense University Press, Odense, 2000

Series:

Odense University classical studies, v. 21

Genre:Conference papers and proceedings

Physical Description:79 pages ; 22 cm.

ISBN:

9788778384621, 8778384621

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:52520691

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Divination and portents in the Roman world.

606310119

Contents:

Cicero's stand on prodigies : a non-existent dilemma? / Susanne William Rasmussen

Omens in Tacitus' Histories I-III / M. Gwyn Morgan

The propaganda of omens : six dreams involving Augustus / Robin Lorsch Wildfang

"The truth without nonsense" : remarks on Artemidorus' Interpretation of dreams / Hanne Lavér Hansen

Gulgura et Fulmina : or, What it portends when the family tomb is struck by a fulmen quod decussit / Robin Lorsch Wildfang

Notes:

Revised papers from a colloquium held at the Department of Greek and Roman Studies, Odense University, May 1998