Abstract
This book’s contribution to the wider scholarly corpus on divination and to the history of the philosophy associated with this belief system rests on the various ways in which the gods speak as well as on the messages received by earthly mediators.
Reviewed by: Helen R. Jacobus,
Published Online (2021-08-31)Copyright © 2021 by Helen R. JacobusThis open access publication is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (CC BY-NC-ND)
Article PDF Link: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/aestimatio/article/view/37726/28728
Corresponding Author: Helen R. Jacobus,University of ManchesterE-Mail: jacobus.helen@gmail.com
Publisher
University of Toronto Libraries - UOTL
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