Greek and Roman Necromancy

Name: Greek and Roman Necromancy
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ISBN: 9780691119687

ISBN-10: 0691119686

ISBN-13: 9780691119687

Edition: 2001

Authors: Daniel Ogden

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In classical antiquity, there was much interest in necromancy--the consultation of the dead for divination. People could seek knowledge from the dead by sleeping on tombs, visiting oracles, and attempting to reanimate corpses and skulls. Ranging over many of the lands in which Greek and Roman civilizations flourished, including Egypt, from the Greek archaic period through the late Roman empire, this book is the first comprehensive survey of the subject ever published in any language. Daniel Ogden surveys the places, performers, and techniques of necromancy as well as the reasons for turning to it. He investigates the cave-based sites of oracles of the dead at Heracleia Pontica and…

Book details

List price: $53.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 2/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 7.40" wide x 9.13" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.100



List of Figures


Preface


Abbreviations


Introduction



Places



Tombs and Battlefields



Oracles of the Dead



The Heracleia Pontica and Tainaron Nekuomanteia



The Acheron Nekuomanteion



The Avernus Nekuomanteion



Incubation and Dreaming



People



Evocators, Sorcerers, and Ventriloquists



Shamans, Pythagoreans, and Orphics



Aliens and Witches



Necromancy among the Romans



Technology



Traditional Rites of Evocation



From Bowl Divination to Boy-Sacrifice



Reanimation and Talking Heads



Theory



Ghosts in Necromancy



The Wisdom of the Dead



Between Life and Death


Conclusion: Attitudes toward Necromancy


Bibliography


Index