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This volume takes an innovative interdisciplinary approach to investigating divination procedures at sanctuaries of Apollo in Classical and Hellenistic Greece, merging neuroscience, psychology, and behavioural studies with archaeology. Suitable for students and scholars working on divination and cognition in ancient Greek religion.
List of contents
Introduction; 1. A selection of the main cognitive theories applied;
SECTION I - Landscape and Apolline divination: A cognitive study; 2. Landscape agency and cognition at the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi; 3. Landscape agency and cognition at the sanctuaries of Apollo at Claros and Didyma;
SECTION II - Architecture and Apolline divination: A cognitive study; 4. Architecture and cognition at the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi; 5. Architecture and cognition at the sanctuaries of Apollo at Claros and Didyma;
SECTION III - Material culture and the prophets of Apollo: A cognitive study; 6. Material culture and cognition at the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi; 7. Material culture and cognition at the sanctuaries of Apollo at Claros and Didyma;
CONCLUSIONS.
About the author
Giulia Frigerio recently completed her PhD at the University of Kent, where she is currently teaching modules in Classical and Archaeological Studies. Her passion for Divination and Cognitive Archaeology was born during her studies for a Bachelor's degree at the University of Pavia and developed further during work for her Master's degree at the University of Oxford.
Summary
This volume takes an innovative interdisciplinary approach to investigating divination procedures at sanctuaries of Apollo in Classical and Hellenistic Greece, merging neuroscience, psychology, and behavioural studies with archaeology. Suitable for students and scholars working on divination and cognition in ancient Greek religion.
