Aeschylus: Seven Against ThebesBloomsbury Academic, 02.08.2007 - 174 Seiten Accessible introductions to ancient tragedies. Each volume discusses |
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... oracle given to Laius : that he must die without issue ( genna ) for the polis to be saved ( 748-9 ) . Disregarding this oracle means either of two things : the polis must be destroyed for the descendants to survive or the descendants ...
... oracle on any number of topics , and we have several references to oracle consultations before military campaigns.55 Herodotus tells us that advice was sought from Delphi by the Athenians before the Persian campaign ( 7.141-2 ) . When ...
... oracle redundant . Apollo then appealed to his father Zeus for help , and Zeus deprived mortals of the ability to interpret their dreams , thus restoring the importance of the Delphic oracle ( Euripides , Iphigenia among the Taurians ...
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Acknowledgements 78 | 7 |
City and Family | 23 |
Divine Forces and Religious Ritual | 38 |
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