Classical Athens and the Delphic Oracle

Name: Classical Athens and the Delphic Oracle
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521530811
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Divination and Democracy

Autor: Hugh Bowden

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Vazba: Brožovaná

Vydavatel: Cambridge University Press

Dostupnost: Skladem u dodavatele

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The Delphic Oracle was where, according to Greek tradition, Apollo would speak through his priestess...

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Autor

Hugh Bowden

Jazyk

Angličtina

Vazba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydáno

2005

Stránek

206

EAN

9780521530811

ISBN

0521530814

Enbook ID

02034019

Vydavatel

Cambridge University Press

Hmotnost

254

Rozměry

216 x 139 x 11

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The Delphic Oracle was where, according to Greek tradition, Apollo would speak through his priestesses. This work explores the importance placed on consultations at Delphi by Athenians in the city's age of democracy. It demonstrates the extent to which concern to do the will of the gods affected Athenian politics, challenging the notion that Athenian democracy may be seen as a model for modern secular democratic constitutions. All the known consultations of the oracle by Athens in the period before 300 BC are examined, and descriptions of consultations found in Attic tragedy and comedy are discussed. This work provides a new account of how the Delphic oracle functioned and presents a thorough analysis of the relationship between the Athenians and the oracle, making it essential reading both for students of the oracle itself and of Athenian democracy.

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