Prophets and Emperors : Human and Divine Authority from Augustus to Theodosius

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Prophets and Emperors : Human and Divine Authority from Augustus to TheodosiusTo the practical modern mind, the idea of divine prophecy is more ludicrous than sublime. Yet to our cultural forebears in ancient Greece and Rome, prophecy was anything but marginal; it was in fact the basic medium for recalling significant past events and expressing hopes for the future, and it offered assurance that divinities truly cared about mere mortals. Prophecy also served political ends, and it was often invoked to support or condemn an

The Aulularia has given inspiration to a host of works in later European literature from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries

and human immortality

'A return to Hislop's thyme-scented

η οποία καλύπτει με ευσύνοπτο τρόπο το σύνολο της παραγωγής των λεξικογραφικών έργων της Νέας Ελληνικής που έχουν επιστημονικές προδιαγραφές

Universally recognised as the greatest speech by the finest of the Attic Orators

Theseus and Ariadne

Pompey the republic's greatest general

and a celebration of the values of rustic piety

Είναι ώρα για παιχνίδι στο μεγαλύτερο λασπόλακκο του κόσμου

περνούν από τις σελίδες του βιβλίου και καταγράφονται με σκληρό χιούμορ

Mark Mazower's wonderful new book recreates one of the most compelling

ή στο θεοσκότεινο σπίτι του