{"product_id":"divination-in-antiquity-volume-1-of-4-greek-divination-9798857068182","title":"Divination in Antiquity: Volume 1 of 4: Greek Divination","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Frank H. Wallis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ancient - Greece\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivination seeks to know the future in a supernatural way. There were many forms of this ancient science. Most of us know of astrology, or perhaps necromancy, i.e., revelation by the souls of the dead. How many of us know about aeromancy, alectryonomancy, anthropomancy, astragalomancy, axinomancy, belomancy, capnomancy, catoptromancy, cephal onomancy, chiroscopy, chresmology, cledonomancy, cleromancy, coskinomancy, crystallomancy, dactyliomancy, empyromancy, geomancy, hydromancy, ichthyomancy, lebanomancy, lecanomancy, libanomancy, lithomancy, morphoscopy, oneiromancy, onychomancy, ooscopy, ornithomancy, pegomancy, phyllomancy, pyromancy, rhapsodomancy, sphondylomancy, symbolomancy, tyromancy? The author reveals a complex subject which has parts, in equal portion, of philosophy, history, and archaeology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first and only complete translation into English. Auguste Bouché-Leclercq (1842-1923) was chair of ancient history at the Sorbonne from 1878 to 1918. Bouché-Leclercq became a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 1898, and Légion d'honneur 1903.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrevious Frank H. Wallis translations include: \u003ci\u003eBlanche of Castile, Queen and Regent of France, 1188-1252 \u003c\/i\u003e(2015). From Élie Berger, \u003ci\u003eHistoire de Blanche de Castille, Reine de France\u003c\/i\u003e (Paris, 1895); \u003ci\u003eCharles VII\u003c\/i\u003e. 6 vols. (2020-21). From Gaston Du Fresne de Beaucourt (Paris, 1881-1891); \u003ci\u003eQueen Margot and the end of the Valois, 1553-1615\u003c\/i\u003e (2021). From Charles Merki, \u003ci\u003eLa Reine Margot et la fin des Valois (1553-1615) \u003c\/i\u003e(Paris, 1905); \u003ci\u003eInstitutions of Ancient Rome\u003c\/i\u003e (2023). From Auguste Bouché-Leclercq (1842-1923) \u003ci\u003eManuel des Institutions Romaines\u003c\/i\u003e (Paris, 1886).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45558266527895,"sku":"9798857068182","price":2649.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798857068182.webp?v=1768594682","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/divination-in-antiquity-volume-1-of-4-greek-divination-9798857068182","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}