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Divination and Human Nature: A Cognitive History of Intuition in Classical Antiquity
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By Peter T. Struck
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9780691169392 | Princeton Univ Pr, July 5, 2016, cover price $45.00

Oracle Bones Divination: The Greek I Ching
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Product Description: The first complete guide to this ancient Greek form of divination • Explains how to cast and interpret this oracle using either coins or traditional animal bones • Reveals how the use of oracle bones predates the I Ching • Includes the complete matrix of oracle interpretations reconstructed by the author from stanzas in ancient Greek temples In ancient Greece methods of foretelling the future were widespread, whether they were official oracles of the gods or simple dice games to divine one’s luck...read more
By Kostas Dervenis
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9781620551011 | Reissue edition (Destiny Books, December 26, 2013), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: The first complete guide to this ancient Greek form of divination • Explains how to cast and interpret this oracle using either coins or traditional animal bones • Reveals how the use of oracle bones predates the I Ching • Includes the complete matrix of oracle interpretations reconstructed by the author from stanzas in ancient Greek temples In ancient Greece methods of foretelling the future were widespread, whether they were official oracles of the gods or simple dice games to divine one’s luck.

Worlds Full of Signs: Ancient Greek Divination in Context
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Product Description: Flexibility is the distinguishing feature of ancient Greek divination. Worlds Full of Signs offers a systematic approach by discussing the divinatory sign, homo divinans , text and uncertainty management from a comparative perspective, using Republican Rome and Neo-Assyrian Mesopotamia as comparanda...read more
By Kim Beerden
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9789004252394 | Brill Academic Pub, August 8, 2013, cover price $141.00 | About this edition: Flexibility is the distinguishing feature of ancient Greek divination.

Divination and Prediction in Early China and Ancient Greece
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By Lisa Raphals
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9781107010758 | Cambridge Univ Pr, June 16, 2014, cover price $135.00

The Ancient Oracles: Making the Gods Speak
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By Richard Stoneman
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9780300140422 | Yale Univ Pr, May 24, 2011, cover price $50.00

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