Delphi |
Subtitle:
a history of the center of the ancient world.
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Book Category:
Philosophy > History & Surveys > Ancient & Classical
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Author:
Scott, Michael
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Binding:
Hardcover
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ISBN 13:
9780691150819
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Price:
USD 29.95
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Publication Year:
2014
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Publisher Info
Timothy Wilkins,
Princeton University Press,41 William Street,
Princeton ,
New Jersey - 08540,USA
Web: press.princeton.edu Inquiry
Book Description
The sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi was home to the most famed oracle in antiquity. Such was its renown that Delphi was believed to mark the navel (omphalos) of the world, hence the "center" of the book's subtitle. Even with a wealth of scholarship devoted to aspects of Delphi, it is remarkable that no fully comprehensive account in English has
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