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Luck, Fate and Fortune (Ancients & Moderns)

Esther Eidinow

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Description:The impulse to try to anticipate the future & make sense of apparently random events is irrepressible. Why & how the ancient Greeks tried to foretell the outcome of the present is the subject of Eidinow's lively appraisal, which explores the legacy of ancient Greek notions of luck, fate & fortune in our own era, drawing on approaches to cognitive anthropology. Perhaps the most famous of all sites of prediction is the Oracle at Delphi. But the Delphic Oracle is only the best-known example from a landscape covered by oracular sanctuaries; while across the literary genres of antiquity there are myriad tales--such as that of doomed Oedipus--which wrestle with the vicissitudes of fate & fortune. Exploring some of the key ideas of ancient Greek culture that resonate with modern conceptions of destiny, she examines the ancients' notion of luck as a means to explain daily experiences. Focusing on writers such as Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides & Demosthenes, she shows how concepts of fate in antiquity changed over time, in response to social & political currents. She draws too on modern cultural texts like Terminator 2 & Lawrence of Arabia, demonstrating how the recurring questions "what if?" & "why me?" are fundamental to the human relationship with an uncertain future, whether it be in antiquity or the present.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Luck, Fate and Fortune (Ancients & Moderns). To get started finding Luck, Fate and Fortune (Ancients & Moderns), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 221

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Publisher: Oxford University Press (NYC)

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ISBN: 0195380797

Description: The impulse to try to anticipate the future & make sense of apparently random events is irrepressible. Why & how the ancient Greeks tried to foretell the outcome of the present is the subject of Eidinow's lively appraisal, which explores the legacy of ancient Greek notions of luck, fate & fortune in our own era, drawing on approaches to cognitive anthropology. Perhaps the most famous of all sites of prediction is the Oracle at Delphi. But the Delphic Oracle is only the best-known example from a landscape covered by oracular sanctuaries; while across the literary genres of antiquity there are myriad tales--such as that of doomed Oedipus--which wrestle with the vicissitudes of fate & fortune. Exploring some of the key ideas of ancient Greek culture that resonate with modern conceptions of destiny, she examines the ancients' notion of luck as a means to explain daily experiences. Focusing on writers such as Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides & Demosthenes, she shows how concepts of fate in antiquity changed over time, in response to social & political currents. She draws too on modern cultural texts like Terminator 2 & Lawrence of Arabia, demonstrating how the recurring questions "what if?" & "why me?" are fundamental to the human relationship with an uncertain future, whether it be in antiquity or the present.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Luck, Fate and Fortune (Ancients & Moderns). To get started finding Luck, Fate and Fortune (Ancients & Moderns), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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