Greek and Roman Necromancy

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2004
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Surveys the places, performers, and techniques of necromancy as well as the reasons for turning to it. This book investigates the cave-based sites of oracles of the dead at Heracleia Pontica and Tainaron, as well as the oracles at the Acheron and Avernus, which probably consisted of lakeside precincts.

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Surveys the places, performers, and techniques of necromancy as well as the reasons for turning to it. This book investigates the cave-based sites of oracles of the dead at Heracleia Pontica and Tainaron, as well as the oracles at the Acheron and Avernus, which probably consisted of lakeside precincts.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 12 Jan 2004
ISBN 10: 0691119686
ISBN 13: 9780691119687