Divination, Royalty and Insecurity in Classical Sparta

Divination forms an unexpectedly high proportion of our total information on Sparta’s politics, internal and external. It should be studied diachronically, as well as generically. To abstract it from secular and political context would conceal both causes and effects of religious credulity. We read...

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Main Author: Powell, Anton 1947-2020 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Centre [2009]
In: Kernos
Year: 2009, Volume: 22, Pages: 35-82
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