Revisiting Delphi: Religion and Storytelling in Ancient Greece

Author:   Julia Kindt (University of Sydney)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781107151574


Pages:   228
Publication Date:   26 September 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Revisiting Delphi: Religion and Storytelling in Ancient Greece


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Author:   Julia Kindt (University of Sydney)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.30cm
Weight:   0.400kg
ISBN:  

9781107151574


ISBN 10:   1107151570
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   26 September 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: revisiting Delphi; 2. Herodotus: Delphi, oracles and storytelling in the Histories; 3. Euripides: ironic readings of Apollo and his prophecies; 4. Plato: Socrates, or invoking the Oracle as a witness; 5. Pausanias: what's the stuff of divinity?; 6. Athenaeus: encountering the divine in word and wood; 7. Conclusion: religion and storytelling in ancient Greece; Appendix: Plutarch - a philosophical enquiry into an enigmatic sign.

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'This book is intended for the specialist reader and for those who wish to think more deeply about the place of religion in ancient Greek society. ... It is certainly a volume to which one could return and find stimulation for further ideas.' Marion Gibbs, Classics For All 'The book is a welcome contribution to increasingly networked reflection about the religious world view of the Greeks.' Historische Zeitschrift


'This book is intended for the specialist reader and for those who wish to think more deeply about the place of religion in ancient Greek society. ... It is certainly a volume to which one could return and find stimulation for further ideas.' Marion Gibbs, Classics For All


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Julia Kindt is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Sydney. She is the author of Rethinking Greek Religion (Cambridge, 2012) and has co-edited, with E. Eidinow, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015). She is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Ancient History and a senior editor of the Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of Religion.

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