Book Launch

Divination and Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity

edited by Dr. Crystal Addey

You are warmly invited to an online book launch to celebrate the recent publication of Divination and Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity, edited by Crystal Addey. The launch is hosted by the Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture, University of Wales Trinity Saint David.

When & Where?

The book launch will take place online (Zoom) on Tuesday 2nd November 2021, 6.00-7.00pm (1800-1900 GMT).

Registration

The event is free but registration is required – please click the link below to register for the event:

us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register

Please note that the event is limited to 100 participants.

This informal event will include the editor and contributors discussing the aims and scope of the volume and the content of various chapters. We invite you to have a drink ready to toast the success of the book near the end of the launch! A 20% discount flyer for the purchase of the book will be sent to all attendees following the launch. We hope that you will be able to join us!

Divination and Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity, edited by Crystal Addey

Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

Addressing the close connections between ancient divination and knowledge, this volume offers an interlinked and detailed set of case studies which examine the epistemic value and significance of divination in ancient Greek and Roman cultures. The volume aims to catalyse new questions and approaches relating to these under-investigated areas of ancient Greek and Roman life which have significant implications for the ways in which we understand and assess ancient Greek and Roman conceptions of epistemic value and variant ways of knowing, ancient philosophy and intellectual culture, lived, daily experience in the ancient world, and religious and ritual traditions. Divination and Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity will be of particular relevance to researchers and students in classics, ancient history, religious studies and anthropology but will also appeal to general readers who are interested in the widespread practice and significance of divination in the ancient world.

Contributors include: Julia Kindt (University of Sydney); Danielle A. Layne (Gonzaga University); Ralph Anderson (University of St. Andrews); Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum (University of Wales Trinity Saint David); Elsa Giovanna Simonetti (KU Leuven); Giulia Pedrucci (University of Verona); Antti Lampinen (Finnish Institute at Athens); Leonardo Costantini (University of Bristol) and Marilynn Lawrence.