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dc.contributor.authorDillon, Matthew Pen
local.source.editorEditor(s): Eric Orlin, Lisbeth S Fried, Jennifer Knust, Michael Satlow & Michael E Pregillen
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-16T10:24:00Z-
dc.date.issued2016-
dc.identifier.citationThe Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religions, p. 643-643en
dc.identifier.isbn9780415831970en
dc.identifier.isbn9780203506240en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/21373-
dc.description.abstractNecromancy (Gk. nekuomanteia, "DIVINATION through the dead") was practiced by various peoples of the ancient world. The "Witch of Endor" summoned the sprit of the prophet SAMUEL at Saul's behest, despite Biblical injunctions against necromancy and Saul's own expulsion of necromancers, so that Saul could learn the future. Necromancy first appears in the Greek world in book 11 of the ODYSSEY. Odysseus, following the instructions of Kirke (who therefore acts for him as a professional necromancer), dug a pit at night into which he poured bloodless and blood LIBATIONS.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.ispartofThe Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religionsen
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dc.titleNecromancyen
dc.typeEntry In Reference Worken
dc.subject.keywordsClassical Greek and Roman Historyen
local.contributor.firstnameMatthew Pen
local.subject.for2008210306 Classical Greek and Roman Historyen
local.subject.seo2008970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeologyen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciencesen
local.profile.emailmdillon@une.edu.auen
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local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20170614-165734en
local.publisher.placeNew York, United States of Americaen
local.format.startpage643en
local.format.endpage643en
local.contributor.lastnameDillonen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:mdillonen
local.profile.orcid0000-0001-6874-0513en
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dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleNecromancyen
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local.relation.urlhttp://trove.nla.gov.au/version/226306875en
local.search.authorDillon, Matthew Pen
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local.year.published2016en
local.subject.for2020430305 Classical Greek and roman historyen
local.subject.seo2020280113 Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeologyen
local.subject.seo2020280114 Expanding knowledge in Indigenous studiesen
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