Addressing the close connections between ancient divination and knowledge, this volume offers an interlinked and detailed set of case studies which examine the

This volume examines the ways in which divination, often through oracular utterances and other mechanisms, linked mortals with the gods, and places the practice

This volume sets out to re-examine what ancient people - primarily those in ancient Greek and Roman communities, but also Mesopotamian and Chinese cultures - th

"Explores divination in antiquity from a range of perspectives, looking both at practices and theories and how and why these changed over time. Important for st

This book is a collection of studies by scholars Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and early Christian religions on the topic of divination. Its topics range from necroma