Visiting the Oracle at Dodona

Name: Visiting the Oracle at Dodona
Brand: Unknown
SKU: 9781009632249
Price: 345.0 NZD
Availability: InStock

Contexts of Unknowing in Ancient Greek Religion

Series: Ancient Religion and Cognition

0.0 (0 reviews)

Brief Description

Format: Hardback

$345⁰⁰

AVAILABLE WITH SUPPLIER Ships from our Auckland warehouse within 2-3 weeks

Found a better price? Request a price match

Visiting the Oracle at Dodona

$345⁰⁰

A pioneering exploration of the embodied and sensory experience of visiting an ancient oracle-the oracle of Zeus at Dodona.

Description

Previous studies of Greek oracles have largely studied their social and political connections. In contrast, this pioneering volume explores the experience of visiting the oracle of Zeus at Dodona in NW Greece, focusing on the role of the senses and embodied cognition. Building on the unique corpus of oracular question tablets found at the site, it investigates how this experience made new ways of knowing and new forms of knowledge available. Combining traditional treatments of evidence with more recent theoretical approaches, including from psychology, narratology and environmental humanities, the chapters explore the role of nature, sound, touch, and stories in the experience of consultation. By evoking the details of this experience, they help the reader understand more deeply what it was like for ancient men and women to visit the oracle and ask the god for help. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Series: Ancient Religion and Cognition

View all

Visiting the Oracle at Dodona

Hardback

$345⁰⁰

Available
Ships in 2-3 weeks

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781009632249

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 12 March 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Cambridge University Press

Illustration: Worked examples or Exercises; 8 Halftones, color

Contributors:

Edited by Esther Eidinow
Edited by Hugh Bowden

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Weight: 0g

Pages: 262

Collections

Non-Fiction Religion & Spirituality Series: Ancient Religion and Cognition

About the Author

Hugh Bowden is Professor of Ancient History at King's College London. He is the author of books on the oracle of Delphi, ancient mystery cults and Alexander the Great. The main focus of his research is religious experience in the ancient world. Esther Eidinow is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Bristol. She works on ancient Greek culture and literature, especially religion and magic, and has published widely in this area. Most recently, she designed and led the Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded Virtual Reality Oracle project. She is also a Fellow of the British Academy.

Visiting the Oracle at Dodona