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Author: Esther Eidinow (, Lecturer in Ancient Greek History, University of Nottingham)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 23.30cm
Weight: 0.800kg
ISBN: 9780199660667
ISBN 10: 0199660662
Pages: 538
Publication Date: 08 August 2013
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
`Review from previous edition a scholarly work of high standard' Emmanuel Voutiras, The Classical Review `This book will undoubtedly serve as a comprehensive and readable introduction to the range of contexts under which oracle consultation and cursing would have taken place in ancient Greece, and as a trove of new insights and skeptical reservations for both laypeople and seasoned scholars' Bryn Mawr Classical Review `[A] work of originality and remarkable erudition... convincingly challenged current interpretations' Hugh Bowden, Journal of Hellenic Studies, 128 `opened a new perspective for classical scholarship at a time when Classical Antiquity does not seem to appeal to the broader educated public in the way it once did' Emanuel Voutiras, Classical Review 59:1 `Recommended to any anthropologist who seeks an example of a sophisticated application by an ancient historian of insights and methods gleaned from their discipline.' Michael Flower, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, vol. 14 , no. 4
Review from previous edition a scholarly work of high standard Emmanuel Voutiras, The Classical Review This book will undoubtedly serve as a comprehensive and readable introduction to the range of contexts under which oracle consultation and cursing would have taken place in ancient Greece, and as a trove of new insights and skeptical reservations for both laypeople and seasoned scholars Bryn Mawr Classical Review [A] work of originality and remarkable erudition... convincingly challenged current interpretations Hugh Bowden, Journal of Hellenic Studies, 128 opened a new perspective for classical scholarship at a time when Classical Antiquity does not seem to appeal to the broader educated public in the way it once did Emanuel Voutiras, Classical Review 59:1 Recommended to any anthropologist who seeks an example of a sophisticated application by an ancient historian of insights and methods gleaned from their discipline. Michael Flower, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, vol. 14 , no. 4
Author Information
Esther Eidinow is a Lecturer in Ancient Greek History, at the University of Nottingham
