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Revisiting Delphi Julia Kindt (University of Sydney)

Revisiting Delphi By Julia Kindt (University of Sydney)

Revisiting Delphi by Julia Kindt (University of Sydney)


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This book speaks to all admirers of Delphi and its famous prophecies, whether they are experts on ancient Greek religion, students of the ancient world, or just lovers of a good story. It highlights key themes of oracle stories and finds religious meaning in the infamous oracular ambiguity.

Revisiting Delphi Summary

Revisiting Delphi: Religion and Storytelling in Ancient Greece by Julia Kindt (University of Sydney)

Revisiting Delphi speaks to all admirers of Delphi and its famous prophecies, be they experts on ancient Greek religion, students of the ancient world, or just lovers of a good story. It invites readers to revisit the famous Oracle of Apollo at Delphi, along with Herodotus, Euripides, Socrates, Pausanias and Athenaeus, offering the first comparative and extended enquiry into the way these and other authors force us to move the link between religion and narrative centre stage. Their accounts of Delphi and its prophecies reflect a world in which the gods frequently remain baffling and elusive despite every human effort to make sense of the signs they give.

Revisiting Delphi Reviews

'This book is intended for the specialist reader and for those who wish to think more deeply about the place of religion in ancient Greek society. ... It is certainly a volume to which one could return and find stimulation for further ideas.' Marion Gibbs, Classics For All
'The book is a welcome contribution to increasingly networked reflection about the religious world view of the Greeks.' Historische Zeitschrift

About Julia Kindt (University of Sydney)

Julia Kindt is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Sydney. She is the author of Rethinking Greek Religion (Cambridge, 2012) and has co-edited, with E. Eidinow, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015). She is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Ancient History and a senior editor of the Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of Religion.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: revisiting Delphi; 2. Herodotus: Delphi, oracles and storytelling in the Histories; 3. Euripides: ironic readings of Apollo and his prophecies; 4. Plato: Socrates, or invoking the Oracle as a witness; 5. Pausanias: what's the stuff of divinity?; 6. Athenaeus: encountering the divine in word and wood; 7. Conclusion: religion and storytelling in ancient Greece; Appendix: Plutarch - a philosophical enquiry into an enigmatic sign.

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NLS9781316606155
9781316606155
1316606155
Revisiting Delphi: Religion and Storytelling in Ancient Greece by Julia Kindt (University of Sydney)
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Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2020-01-16
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