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Worlds Full of Signs: Ancient Greek Divination in Context: 176 xii, 236 pp., index Edition
Author(s): Kim Beerden (Author)
- Publisher: BRILL
- Publication Date: 17 Jun. 2021
- Edition: xii, 236 pp., index
- Language: English
- Print length: 272 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004464220
- ISBN-13: 9789004464223
Book Description
Flexibility is the distinguishing feature of ancient Greek divination. Worlds Full of Signs offers a systematic approach by discussing the divinatory sign, homo divinans, text and uncertainty management from a comparative perspective, using Republican Rome and Neo-Assyrian Mesopotamia as comparanda.
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About the Author
Kim Beerden, Ph.D. (Leiden 2013), is Lecturer in Ancient History at Leiden University. Her main research interest is the history of ancient mentalities, especially the fields of food and religion.
