Divination and Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity (Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies) - Image 1

£111.60

Routledge Divination and Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity (Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies)

Name: Divination and Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity (Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies)
Brand: Routledge
Price: 117.13 GBP
Availability: InStock

Greece

Price History & Forecast

Last 72 days • 72 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 72 days • 3 price levels

Days at Price

Current Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £112 (57 days, 79.2%)

Price range: £112 - £133

Price levels: 3 different prices over 72 days

Description

Addressing the close connections between ancient divination and knowledge, this volume offers an interlinked and detailed set of case studies which examine the epistemic value and significance of divination in ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Focusing on diverse types of divination, including oracles, astrology, and the reading of omens and signs in the entrails of sacrificial animals, chance utterances and other earthly and celestial phenomena, this volume reveals that divination was conceived of as a significant path to the attainment of insight and understanding by the ancient Greeks and Romans. It also explores the connections between divination and other branches of knowledge in Greco-Roman antiquity, such as medicine and ethnographic discourse. Drawing on anthropological studies of contemporary divination and exploring a wide range of ancient philosophical, historical, technical and literary evidence, chapters focus on the interconnections and close relationship between divine and human modes of knowledge, in relation to nuanced and subtle formulations of the blending of divine, cosmic and human agency; philosophical approaches towards and uses of divination (particularly within Platonism), including links between divination and time, ethics, and cosmology; and the relationship between divination and cultural discourses focusing on gender. The volume aims to catalyse new questions and approaches relating to these under-investigated areas of ancient Greek and Roman life. which have significant implications for the ways in which we understand and assess ancient Greek and Roman conceptions of epistemic value and variant ways of knowing, ancient philosophy and intellectual culture, lived, daily experience in the ancient world, and religious and ritual traditions. Divination and Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity will be of particular relevance to researchers and students in classics, ancient history, ancient philosophy, religious studies and anthropology who are working on divination, lived religion and intellectual culture, but will also appeal to general readers who are interested in the widespread practice and significance of divination in the ancient world.

Product Specifications

Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1138212997
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Ancient History & Civilisation > Greece
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 16 July 2021
Listed Since: 21 October 2016

Barcode

No barcode data available

Routledge Divination and Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity (Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies)

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Jacques Ellul and the Technological Society in the 21st Century: 13 (Philosophy of Engineering and Technology, 13)

Secrets Uncovered

Russian Function Words: Meanings and Use: Conjunctions, Interjections, Parenthetical Words, Particles, and Prepositions

Archaeology of Iran in the Historical Period (University of Tehran Science and Humanities Series)

Digital Science: DSIC 2021: 381 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 381)

Landscape Ecology and Water Management: Proceedings of IGU Rohtak Conference, Vol. 2 (Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences)

Management of Changes in Socio-Economic Systems: 135 (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, 135)

Enriching Higher Education Students' Learning through Post-work Placement Interventions: 28 (Professional and Practice-based Learning, 28)

Maleficent Marchioness

Coronavirus News, Markets and AI: The COVID-19 Diaries

Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society: APPLEPIES 2020: 738 (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 738)

Deep-Learning-Assisted Statistical Methods with Examples in R (Chapman & Hall/CRC Data Science Series)

New Trends in Databases and Information Systems: 185 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 185)

Using Strategy Analytics for Business Value Creation and Competitive Advantage

Simulations of Decision-Making as Active Learning Tools: Design and Effects of Political Science Simulations: 22 (Professional and Practice-based Learning, 22)

Reframing Globalization After COVID-19: Pandemic Diplomacy amid the Failure of Multilateral Cooperation

GI ― 16. Jahrestagung II: Informatik-Anwendungen ― Trends und Perspektiven: 127 (Informatik-Fachberichte, 127)

Classical Manuscript Illustrations: 6 (Paper Museum of Cassiano Dal Pozzo. Series A: Antiquities an)

Nonlinear Analysis: Problems, Applications and Computational Methods: 168 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 168)

Advances in Computational Intelligence Systems: Contributions Presented at the 19th UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence, September 4-6, 2019, ... in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 1043)

The Secret Society of Six

The Built Surface: v. 1: Architecture and the Visual Arts from Antiquity to the Enlightenment: v. 1: Architecture and the Visual Arts from Antiquity to the Enlightenment (Routledge Revivals)

Practical Issues of Intelligent Innovations: 140 (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, 140)

Geology of High-Level Nuclear Waste Disposal: An introduction