Neo-Assyrian and Greek Divination in War

Ancient Warfare Series Volume 3
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-42938-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 118, 572 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1101 g

Reihe: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East / Ancient Warfare

Neo-Assyrian and Greek Divination in War focuses on all divinatory practices which were used in the ancient Near East and Greece in time of war. Divination was a practical way of discovering the will of the gods, and enabled human contact with the divine. Divinatory practices were crucial to decision-taking. The results of divination were especially important during war. This book concentrates on the methods used to obtain all possible information from the divine world which could impact on the results of war. Knowledge of divine plans, verdicts and favors would ensure victory, power and eternal glory.

This book is also about the convergence of the ancient Near East and Greek divinatory systems, methods and practices. Step by step, it points out that the Greeks treated divination in a very similar way to the Mesopotamians, and presents the possible routes of transmission of this divine knowledge, which was practiced in both cultures by a group of well-trained professionals.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ulanowski, Krzysztof

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Okkultismus und andere religiöse Praktiken

Über Autor(innen)

Krzysztof Ulanowski, Ph.D. (2001) University of M. Curie-Sklodowskiej, is Assistant Professor at The Gdansk University. He has published monographs and many articles about divination, religion and civilization of the ancient Near East and Greece, including The Religious Aspects of War in the Ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome (ed.) (Brill, 2016).