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9780521823739

Classical Athens and the Delphic Oracle: Divination and Democracy

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521823739

  • ISBN10:

    0521823730

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-06-20
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

The Delphic Oracle was where, according to Greek tradition, Apollo would speak through his priestesses. This work explores the importance placed on consultations at Delphi by Athenians in the city's age of democracy. It demonstrates the extent to which concern to do the will of the gods affected Athenian politics, challenging the notion that Athenian democracy may be seen as a model for modern secular democratic constitutions. All the known consultations of the oracle by Athens in the period before 300 BC are examined, and descriptions of consultations found in Attic tragedy and comedy are discussed. This work provides a new account of how the Delphic oracle functioned and presents a thorough analysis of the relationship between the Athenians and the oracle, making it essential reading both for students of the oracle itself and of Athenian democracy.

Author Biography

Hugh Bowden is Lecturer in Ancient History at King's College London

Table of Contents

List of illustrations
viii
List of maps
ix
Acknowledgements x
List of abbreviations
xii
Maps
xvii
Introduction 1(11)
How did the Delphic oracle work?
12(28)
What did the Athenians think of the Delphic oracle?
40(25)
What did historians and philosophers say about the Delphic oracle?
65(23)
How and why did the Athenians consult the Delphic oracle?
88(21)
What did the Athenians ask the Delphic oracle?
109(25)
Why did the Athenians (and other Greek cities) go to war?
134(18)
Conclusion: divination and democracy
152(8)
Appendix 1: Consultations of Delphi in Attic tragedy 160(8)
Appendix 2: Concordance of Athenian consultations of Delphi 168(2)
Bibliography 170(10)
Index of passages 180(6)
Subject index 186

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