Divining the Etruscan World

The Brontoscopic Calendar and Religious Practice

Nonfiction, History, Ancient History, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
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Author: Jean MacIntosh Turfa ISBN: 9781139539869
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: July 16, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Jean MacIntosh Turfa
ISBN: 9781139539869
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: July 16, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar is a rare document of omens foretold by thunder. It long lay hidden, embedded in a Greek translation within a Byzantine treatise from the age of Justinian. The first complete English translation of the Brontoscopic Calendar, this book provides an understanding of Etruscan Iron Age society as revealed through the ancient text, especially the Etruscans' concerns regarding the environment, food, health and disease. Jean MacIntosh Turfa also analyzes the ancient Near Eastern sources of the Calendar and the subjects of its predictions, thereby creating a picture of the complexity of Etruscan society reaching back before the advent of writing and the recording of the calendar.

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The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar is a rare document of omens foretold by thunder. It long lay hidden, embedded in a Greek translation within a Byzantine treatise from the age of Justinian. The first complete English translation of the Brontoscopic Calendar, this book provides an understanding of Etruscan Iron Age society as revealed through the ancient text, especially the Etruscans' concerns regarding the environment, food, health and disease. Jean MacIntosh Turfa also analyzes the ancient Near Eastern sources of the Calendar and the subjects of its predictions, thereby creating a picture of the complexity of Etruscan society reaching back before the advent of writing and the recording of the calendar.

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