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To purchase this product, please visit https://www.wiley.com/en-bb/9781444303001 Ancient Greek Divination Sarah Iles Johnston E-Book 978-1-444-30300-1 April 2009 $32.00 Paperback 978-1-405-11573-5 August 2008 Print-on- $39.50 demand Hardcover 978-1-405-11572-8 August 2008 Print-on- $126.75 demand O-Book 978-1-444-30299-8 March 2009 Available on Wiley Online Library DESCRIPTION The first English-language survey of ancient Greek divinatory methods, Ancient Greek Divination offers a broad yet detailed treatment of the earliest attempts by ancient Greeks to seek the counsel of the gods. • • Offers in-depth discussions of oracles, wandering diviners, do-it-yourself methods of foretelling the future, magical divinatory techniques, and much more • Illustrates how the study of divination illuminates the mentalities of ancient Greek religions and societies ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sarah Iles Johnston is Professor of Greek and Latin and Director of the Program in the Study of Religions at The Ohio State University. She is the author of Hekate Soteira (1990) and Restless Dead (1999) and the editor or co-editor of Medea: Essays on Medea in Myth, Literature, Philosophy and Art (1997), R eligions of the Ancient World: A Guide (2004) and Mantike: Studies in Ancient Divination (2005). Her most recent book, which she co-authored with Fritz Graf, is Ritual Texts for the Afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets (2007). FEATURES • • The first English-language survey of ancient Greek divinatory methods • Offers in-depth discussions of oracles, wandering diviners, do-it-yourself methods of foretelling the future, magical divinatory techniques, and much more • Illustrates how the study of divination illuminates the mentalities of ancient Greek religions and societies SERIES Blackwell Ancient Religions To purchase this product, please visit https://www.wiley.com/en-bb/9781444303001.

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