Jean MacIntosh Turfa
Cambridge University Press
e druk, 2012
9781107009073
Divining the Etruscan World
The Brontoscopic Calendar and Religious Practice
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Gebonden, 432 blz.
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Engels
Cambridge University Press |
e druk, 2012
ISBN13: 9781107009073
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar is a rare document of omens foretold by thunder. It long lay hidden, embedded in a Greek translation within a Byzantine treatise from the age of Justinian. The first complete English translation of the Brontoscopic Calendar, this book provides an understanding of Etruscan Iron Age society as revealed through the ancient text, especially the Etruscans' concerns regarding the environment, food, health and disease. Jean MacIntosh Turfa also analyzes the ancient Near Eastern sources of the Calendar and the subjects of its predictions, thereby creating a picture of the complexity of Etruscan society reaching back before the advent of writing and the recording of the calendar.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781107009073
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:432
Uitgever:Cambridge University Press
Inhoudsopgave
Part I. Background: 1. The Brontoscopic Calendar and its transmission; 2. Etruscan religion in the classical world; 3. An ominous time: thunder, lightning, weather, and divination; Part II. The Brotoscopic Calendar: Greek Text and English Translation; Part III. Thematic Analysis of the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar: 4. Analysis of the Brontoscopic Calendar; 5. 'Reptiles with trouble habitations' – weather, fauna, agriculture, pests; 6. 'Plague, but not exceptionally life-threatening' – health and disease; 7. 'The women and the slaves will carry out assassinations' – the society of the Brontoscopic Calendar; Part IV. Sources and Successors of the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar: 8. Mesopotamian influences and Near Eastern predecessors of the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar; 9. Other Brontoscopia in the classical tradition; 10. Conclusion: assessing the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar and its heritage.