The Advice of the Haruspices Concerning the Prodigies of 56 BC
Poulle, Bruno
The Advice of the Haruspices Concerning the Prodigies of 56 BC - 2017.
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A study of Cicero’s speech, On the responses of the haruspices, reveals that the text of the responses as quoted by the orator is literal, but incomplete, especially as regards the list of prodigies: for one of them, the suggestion is to recover the mode of expiation also lacking in the text. The oration is, in any event, a highly valuable testimony to the way in which Etruscan priests fulfilled their role as councillors and experts by looking, in their ancient documents, for directives best applying to the present, while giving Roman authorities fairly abundant discretion in interpreting and implementing them.
The Advice of the Haruspices Concerning the Prodigies of 56 BC - 2017.
79
A study of Cicero’s speech, On the responses of the haruspices, reveals that the text of the responses as quoted by the orator is literal, but incomplete, especially as regards the list of prodigies: for one of them, the suggestion is to recover the mode of expiation also lacking in the text. The oration is, in any event, a highly valuable testimony to the way in which Etruscan priests fulfilled their role as councillors and experts by looking, in their ancient documents, for directives best applying to the present, while giving Roman authorities fairly abundant discretion in interpreting and implementing them.
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