Divination and portents in the Roman world
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Divination and portents in the Roman world
（Odense University classical studies, v. 21）
Odense University Press, c2000
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Divination & portents in the Roman world
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Revised papers from a colloquium held at the Dept. of Greek and Roman Studies, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University, May 1998
Includes bibliographical references
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内容説明
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, marriage 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".
目次
- Preface
- Cicero's Stand on Prodigies: A Non-existent Dilemma?
- Omens in Tacitus' Histories I-III
- The Propaganda of Omens: Six Dreams Involving Augustus
- "The Truth without Nonsense": Remarks on Artemidorus' Interpretation of Dreams
- Fulgura et Fulmina: Or What it Portends to When the Family Tomb is Struck by a Fulmen Quod Decussit.
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