Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks

by Esther Eidinow

Book Overview

How did ancient Greek men and women deal with the uncertainty and risk of everyday life? What did they fear most, and how did they manage their anxieties? Esther Eidinow sets side-by-side two collections of material usually studied in isolation: binding curse tablets from across the ancient world, and the collection of published private questions from the oracle at Dodona in north-west Greece. Eidinow uses these texts to explore perceptions of risk...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199277788
• ISBN13: 9780199277780
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 534 Pages
• Weight: 2.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.4"