
Prophets and Profits
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Divination and communication with the gods in a post-pagan world has also produced fascinating receptions. The presentation of these processes in monotheistic societies such as early Christian Late Antiquity (where the practice continued through the use of curse tablets) or medieval Europe, and beyond, where the role of religion had changed radically, provides a particular challenge and this topic has been little discussed by scholars. This volume aims to rectify this desideratum by providing the opportunity to address questions related to the reception of Greco-Roman divination, oracles and prophecy, in all media, including literature and film.
Several contributions in this volume originated in the 2015 Classics Colloquium held at the University of South Africa and the volume has been augmented with additional contributions.
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Daniel Ogden
Chapter 2: Was Didyma (Branchidae) a False Prophet?
Richard Evans
Chapter 3: 'Who Wrote Greek Curse Tablets?'
Olivier Dufault
Chapter 4: A Story of Blood, Guts and Guesswork: Synthetic Reasoning in Classical Greek Divination
Ralph Anderson
Chapter 5: Value-Added Divination at Dodona
Philip Bosman
Chapter 6: Divination and Profit in the Roman World
Federico Santangelo
Chapter 7: Profiting from Prophecy: Q. Marcius Rex and the Construction of the Aqua Marcia
Alex Nice
Chapter 8: Valerius Maximus and the Language of Stars
Jeffrey Murray
Chapter 9: "Arrows Fletched from Our Own Wings": Discovering a 'Delphi of the Mind' in the Writings of the Early Church Fathers
Daniel Crosby
Chapter 10: Egyptian Necromancy in Heliodorus Aethiopica (6.12-15) and The Witch of Endor Narrative (1 Sam 28)
John Hilton
Chapter 11: Sosipatra: Prophetess, Philosopher and Theurgist: Reflections on Divination and Epistemology in Late Antiquity
Crystal Addey
Chapter 12: One Oracle too Many? Corippus and Procopius on Female Prophecy in North Africa
Martine de Marre
Chapter 13: Deconstructing Divination: Superstition, Anticlericalism, and Cicero's De Divinatione in Enlightenment England
Katherine East
Chapter 14: Prophecy and Paul Kruger: Robert Grendon's Appropriation of Greco-Roman Prophets and Prophetic Devices in his South African Epic, Paul Kruger's Dream
Szerdi Nagy
Chapter 15: Cassandra Prophesies Back: Marion Zimmer Bradley's Firebrand
Elke Steinmeyer
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