: Veit Rosenberger
: Divination in the Ancient World Religious Options and the Individual
: Franz Steiner Verlag
: 9783515106528
: Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge
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: CHF 52.60
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: Altertum
: English
: 177
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The search for knowledge of the future and for divine help is found in all ancient Mediterranean cultures. The key question of this e-book is: What are the interdependences between divination and processes of individualization or de-individualization in the ancient world? Individualization is understood as a process of change on the societal level. In contrast, individuation is a development on the personal level. Discussions about the definition of these terms are continuing. Divination may always have some effects on processes of individuation and individualization. Divination may be a means – and this list does not claim to be exhaustive – of legitimising decisions, to decide competition or to achieve distinctiveness. This e-book covers aspects from archaic Greece to the High Empire. Not all articles argue along the same lines: nothing highlights better the lively debate and the many open questions in the field of ancient divination.



TABLE OF CONTENTS6
INTRODUCTION8
NEW PERSPECTIVES ON ANCIENT DIVINATION10
ORACULAR CONSULTATION, FATE, AND THE CONCEPT OF THE INDIVIDUAL22
SEEKING CERTAINTY AND CLAIMING AUTHORITY42
INTERPRETATIVE STRATEGIES FOR DELPHIC ORACLES AND KLEDONS62
CICERO AND THE PYTHIA – A DECEPTIVE DILEMMA?82
“WILL MY CHILD HAVE A BIG NOSE?”94
LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA ON ORACLES, MAGIC AND SUPERSTITION140
INDIVIDUATION THROUGH DIVINATION154
INDEX176