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Author Bowden, Hugh.

Title Classical Athens and the Delphic oracle : divination and democracy / Hugh Bowden.

Imprint Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
LOCATION CALL # STATUS
 Special Collections on Request  TT 320.4 BOWD    LIB USE ONLY
Book Cover
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-179) and index.
Contents How did the Delphic oracle work? -- What did the Athenians think of the Delphic oracle? -- What did historians and philosophers say about the Delphic oracle? -- How and why did the Athenians consult the Delphic oracle? -- What did the Athenians ask the Delphic oracle? -- Why did the Athenian (and other Greek cities) go to war? -- Conclusion: divination and democracy.
Subject Delphian oracle -- Political aspects.
Democracy -- Greece -- Athens -- History -- To 1500.
Athens (Greece) -- Politics and government.
Collection Transmissions and Transformations of the Ancient World
ISBN 0521823730 (alk. paper)
0521530814 (pbk.)
Description xviii, 188 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
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