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- catalog abstract ""For thousands of years, in hundreds of different cultures, individuals have consulted oracles in times of need. In this compelling exploration of the fascinating history and enduring popularity of oracles, Michael Wood examines how we interpret them and why." "Using examples drawn from actual oracles that existed at Delphi, Dodona, and elsewhere, and from fictional - but influential - oracles in literature from Oedipus to Macbeth, Wood combines storytelling and commentary to provide an entertaining and concise account of humanity's persistent faith in signs. He also looks at later instances of oracles, arguing that consultations have evolved in many ways over the years, and that echoes and survivals of old practices in modern literature and popular culture - in the works of Kafka and Proust and in the films The Matrix and Minority Report, as well as in astrology columns - continue to exert an important influence over human civilization." "Inspired, engaging, and remarkably revealing, The Road to Delphi shows an ancient art at work in many times and places, and invites us to think again about the ways in which we deal with our longing for the certainties we know we can't have."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12928021.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""For thousands of years, in hundreds of different cultures, individuals have consulted oracles in times of need. In this compelling exploration of the fascinating history and enduring popularity of oracles, Michael Wood examines how we interpret them and why." "Using examples drawn from actual oracles that existed at Delphi, Dodona, and elsewhere, and from fictional - but influential - oracles in literature from Oedipus to Macbeth, Wood combines storytelling and commentary to provide an entertaining and concise account of humanity's persistent faith in signs. He also looks at later instances of oracles, arguing that consultations have evolved in many ways over the years, and that echoes and survivals of old practices in modern literature and popular culture - in the works of Kafka and Proust and in the films The Matrix and Minority Report, as well as in astrology columns - continue to exert an important influence over human civilization." "Inspired, engaging, and remarkably revealing, The Road to Delphi shows an ancient art at work in many times and places, and invites us to think again about the ways in which we deal with our longing for the certainties we know we can't have."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-263) and index.".
- catalog description "On the road. The clever animals ; What god, which god, where? ; So much for Nero -- The way back. The death of the king ; What are such things? ; Sibyls and poets -- Calling home. The death of oracles ; Can the devil speak true? ; Vestiges -- Dead or alive. Medicine and probability ; Our astrology -- Off the road.".
- catalog extent "271 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0374526109 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux,".
- catalog subject "809/.9337 21".
- catalog subject "Divination History.".
- catalog subject "Divination in literature.".
- catalog subject "Oracles in literature.".
- catalog subject "Oracles.".
- catalog subject "PN56.O63 W66 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "On the road. The clever animals ; What god, which god, where? ; So much for Nero -- The way back. The death of the king ; What are such things? ; Sibyls and poets -- Calling home. The death of oracles ; Can the devil speak true? ; Vestiges -- Dead or alive. Medicine and probability ; Our astrology -- Off the road.".
- catalog title "The road to Delphi : the life and afterlife of oracles / Michael Wood.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".