Oracles Of Delphi
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Author | : Michael Scott |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2015-10-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0691169845 |
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Annotation This work engages with the complex archaeological development of the religious sanctuaries of Delphi and Olympia. It investigates the physical remains of both sanctuaries to show how different visitors interacted with the sacred spaces of Delphi and Olympia in an important variety of ways during the archaic and classical periods.
Author | : Joseph Fontenrose |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 494 |
Release | : 2023-07-28 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0520331311 |
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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1978.
Author | : William J. Broad |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2007-01-30 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780143038597 |
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A gripping modern-day detective story about the scientific quest to understand the Oracle of Delphi Like Walking the Bible, this fascinating book turns a modern eye on an enduring legend. The Oracle of Delphi was one of the most influential figures in ancient Greece. Human mistress of the god Apollo, she had the power to enter into ecstatic communion with him and deliver his prophesies to men. Thousands of years later, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist William J. Broad follows a crew of enterprising researchers as they sift through the evidence of history, geology, and archaeology to reveal—as far as science is able—the source of her visions.
Author | : Hugh Bowden |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2005-05-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521823739 |
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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 of the oracle by Athens in the period before 300 BC are examined, and descriptions of consultations found in Attic tragedy and comedy are discussed. This work provides a new account of how the Delphic oracle functioned and presents a thorough analysis of the relationship between the Athenians and the oracle, making it essential reading both for students of the oracle itself and of Athenian democracy.
Author | : Victoria Laurie |
Publisher | : Delacorte Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0385738617 |
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Fearing that they will be sent away with the rest of the orphans when the Royal Navy takes over Delphi Keep, Ian, Theo and Carl race against time to decipher the third prophecy, which makes reference to an important quest to rescue the mysterious Secret Keeper.
Author | : Kristin M. Heineman |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2017-09-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317036271 |
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Examining the final years of Delphic consultation, this monograph argues that the sanctuary operated on two connected, yet distinct levels: the oracle, which was in decline, and the remaining religious, political and social elements at the site which continued to thrive. In contrast to Delphi, other oracular counterparts in Asia Minor, such as Claros and Didyma, rose in prestige as they engaged with new "theological" issues. Issues such as these were not presented to Apollo at Delphi and this lack of expertise could help to explain why Delphi began to decline in importance. The second and third centuries AD witnessed the development of new ways of access to divine wisdom. Particularly widespread were the practices of astrology and the Neoplatonic divinatory system, theurgy. This monograph examines the correlation between the rise of such practices and the decline of oracular consultation at Delphi, analyzing several examples from the Chaldean Oracles to demonstrate the new interest in a personal, soteriological religion. These cases reveal the transfer of Delphi’s sacred space, which further impacted the status of the oracle. Delphi’s interaction with Christianity in the final years of oracular operation is also discussed. Oracular utterances with Christian overtones are examined along with archaeological remains which demonstrate a shift in the use of space at Delphi from a "pagan" Panhellenic center to one in which Christianity is accepted and promoted.
Author | : Julia Kindt |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2016-09-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107151570 |
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An innovative reading of how different authors tell stories about the Delphic Oracle, focusing on the religious views thereby conveyed.
Author | : Victoria Laurie |
Publisher | : Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 552 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0385735723 |
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In 1938, three orphans--Theo, Carl, and Ian, ages ten to thirteen--lead three teachers through a portal that takes them from Dover, England, to Morocco in their quest to locate six silver boxes before the ancient prophecies therein are found by the evil Demogorgon's offspring.
Author | : William J. Broad |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2007-01-30 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1440649340 |
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A gripping modern-day detective story about the scientific quest to understand the Oracle of Delphi Like Walking the Bible, this fascinating book turns a modern eye on an enduring legend. The Oracle of Delphi was one of the most influential figures in ancient Greece. Human mistress of the god Apollo, she had the power to enter into ecstatic communion with him and deliver his prophesies to men. Thousands of years later, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist William J. Broad follows a crew of enterprising researchers as they sift through the evidence of history, geology, and archaeology to reveal—as far as science is able—the source of her visions.
Author | : Roger Lipsey |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2001-01-11 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780791447819 |
Download Have You Been to Delphi? Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A fascinating collection of tales and lore from the ancient Oracle at Delphi, this book provides both a collection of good stories and finds spiritual enlightenment weaved throughout these diverse offerings.