Oracular consultation, fate and the concept of the individual

Eidinow, Esther

Abstract

This chapter examines the significance of the conception of the self for our understanding of the ritual practice of oracular consultation in ancient Greece, focusing primarily on the evidence of the question tablets from the sanctuary at Dodona, augmented by related literary material for oracular consultation.

Citation

Eidinow, E. (2013). Oracular consultation, fate and the concept of the individual. In V. Rosenberger (Ed.), Divination in the Ancient World: Religious Options and the Individual. Franz Steiner Verlag

• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2013
• Deposit Date: Feb 12, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 12, 2015
• Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Issue: 46
• Series Title: Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge
• Book Title: Divination in the Ancient World: Religious Options and the Individual.
• ISBN: 9783515106290
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1004096
• Publisher URL: http://www.steiner-verlag.de/misc/suche.html