Classical Athens and the Delphic Oracle: Divination and Democracy

by Hugh Bowden

Book Overview

The Delphic Oracle was where, according to Greek tradition, Apollo would speak through his priestesses. This work explores the importance placed on consultations at Delphi by Athenians in the city's age of democracy. It demonstrates the extent to which concern to do the will of the gods affected Athenian politics, challenging the notion that Athenian democracy may be seen as a model for modern secular democratic constitutions. All the known consultations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521530814
• ISBN13: 9780521530811
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"