Divination and prediction in early China and ancient Greece / Lisa Raphals.

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"Divination was an important and distinctive aspect of religion in both ancient China and ancient Greece, and this book will provide the first systematic account and analysis of the two side by side. Who practised divination in these cultures and who consulted it? What kind of questions did they ask...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Raphals, Lisa Ann, 1951-
Language:	Multiple languages
Published:	United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Subjects:	Divination > China. Divination > Greece. HISTORY / Ancient / General.
Physical Description:	xxviii, 470 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Sources; 3. Theorizing divination; 4. Practitioners; 5. Methods; 6. The questions; 7. Consultors; 8. Mantic narratives; 9. Divination and systematic thought; 10. Conclusions; 11. Glossary; 12. Appendices.