The Delphic oracle, its responses and operations, with a catalogue of responses
"The Oracle at Delphi: The oracle at Delphi is a figure of great historical importance that was, and still is, shrouded in mystery. She spoke for the god Apollo and answered questions for the Greeks and foreign inquirers about colonization, religion, and power. By her statements Delphi was made...
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| Language: | eng |
| ISBN: | 9780520033603 9780520043596 |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press
1978
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Table of Contents:
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- I. The characteristics of recorded oracles
- II. Oracles of folkloric origin
- III. The transmission and attribution of narrative oracles
- IV. Questionable responses
- V. Chresmologues and oracle collections
- VI. The conventions and structures of traditional oracles in verse
- Vii. The mantic session
- Conclusion
- Catalogue of delphic responses
- Catalogue of responses of Dydima
- Appendix A: Correspondence of PW numbers with the catalogue
- Appendix B:Summary of modes, topics, question formulae, occasion
- Bibliography
- Index. A. Index locorum
- B. General index.