Revisiting Delphi : religion and storytelling in ancient Greece /
Kindt, Julia, 1975-
Revisiting Delphi : religion and storytelling in ancient Greece / Julia Kindt. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource. - Cambridge classical studies .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; Illustration; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; General; Authors and Works; Journal Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Authorities and Authenticities; New Questions for the Ancient Oracle; 2 Herodotus; Introduction; Croesus' Oracular Paradigm; Beyond Croesus: Applying the Paradigm; The Foundation of Cyrene; The Theran Tradition; The Cyrenean Tradition; Fighting Wars and Telling Oracle Stories; Conclusion; 3 Euripides; Introduction; Gods and Humans: Incommensurable Orders of Being. Concealing and RevealingReading Social Identities: Identities within the City and the City's Identity; Ambiguity Resolved: A Divine Oracle Spoken in Human Language?; Duality Reconciled?; Conclusion; 4 Plato; Introduction; Socratic Wisdom and the Nature of Human Knowledge; The Elenctic Method of Investigation in the Context of Human Interpretation; Socrates, the Oracular, and the Human-Divine Relationship; Conclusion; 5 Pausanias; Introduction; Objects and Identities; Gods, Men and Objects; The Significant and the Insignificant; Narrative, Time and Causation; Conclusion; 6 Athenaeus. IntroductionParmeniscus' Journey; Theoria and the Greek Religious Gaze; Statues and the Enquiry into Divinity; Experience and Expectation; Religious Visuality as 'Ritual-Centred Visuality' and 'Cognitive Visuality'; Conclusion; 7 Conclusion; Approaching the Oracle (Story); Enigmatic Oracles in an Enigmatic World; Oracle Stories as a Way of 'Making Sense'; Outlook; Introduction; The 'Enigmatic Mode' Revisited; Enigma and Interpretation; Conclusion; Appendix: Plutarch -- A Philosophical Enquiry into an Enigmatic Divine Sign; Introduction; The 'Enigmatic Mode' Revisited; Enigma and Interpretation.
An innovative reading of how different authors tell stories about the Delphic Oracle, focusing on the religious views thereby conveyed.
9781316758267 9781316758380 9781316585047 9781316758021
Storytelling--Religious aspects.
Storytelling--Greece.
Delphian oracle.
Oracles, Greek.
Electronic Books.
BL785 / .R485 2016
Revisiting Delphi : religion and storytelling in ancient Greece / Julia Kindt. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource. - Cambridge classical studies .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; Illustration; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; General; Authors and Works; Journal Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Authorities and Authenticities; New Questions for the Ancient Oracle; 2 Herodotus; Introduction; Croesus' Oracular Paradigm; Beyond Croesus: Applying the Paradigm; The Foundation of Cyrene; The Theran Tradition; The Cyrenean Tradition; Fighting Wars and Telling Oracle Stories; Conclusion; 3 Euripides; Introduction; Gods and Humans: Incommensurable Orders of Being. Concealing and RevealingReading Social Identities: Identities within the City and the City's Identity; Ambiguity Resolved: A Divine Oracle Spoken in Human Language?; Duality Reconciled?; Conclusion; 4 Plato; Introduction; Socratic Wisdom and the Nature of Human Knowledge; The Elenctic Method of Investigation in the Context of Human Interpretation; Socrates, the Oracular, and the Human-Divine Relationship; Conclusion; 5 Pausanias; Introduction; Objects and Identities; Gods, Men and Objects; The Significant and the Insignificant; Narrative, Time and Causation; Conclusion; 6 Athenaeus. IntroductionParmeniscus' Journey; Theoria and the Greek Religious Gaze; Statues and the Enquiry into Divinity; Experience and Expectation; Religious Visuality as 'Ritual-Centred Visuality' and 'Cognitive Visuality'; Conclusion; 7 Conclusion; Approaching the Oracle (Story); Enigmatic Oracles in an Enigmatic World; Oracle Stories as a Way of 'Making Sense'; Outlook; Introduction; The 'Enigmatic Mode' Revisited; Enigma and Interpretation; Conclusion; Appendix: Plutarch -- A Philosophical Enquiry into an Enigmatic Divine Sign; Introduction; The 'Enigmatic Mode' Revisited; Enigma and Interpretation.
An innovative reading of how different authors tell stories about the Delphic Oracle, focusing on the religious views thereby conveyed.
9781316758267 9781316758380 9781316585047 9781316758021
Storytelling--Religious aspects.
Storytelling--Greece.
Delphian oracle.
Oracles, Greek.
Electronic Books.
BL785 / .R485 2016