Tiresias: The Ancient Mediterranean Religions Source Database

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Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, 484-499
τρόπους τε πολλοὺς μαντικῆς ἐστοίχισα no ointment, nor any drink—but for lack of medicine they wasted away, until I showed them how to mix soothing remedies with which they now ward off all their disorders. And I marked out many ways by which they might read the future
κἄκρινα πρῶτος ἐξ ὀνειράτων ἃ χρὴ and among dreams I first discerned which are destined to come true; and voices baffling interpretation I explained to them, and signs from chance meetings. The flight of crook-taloned birds I distinguished clearly— which by nature are auspicious
ὕπαρ γενέσθαι, κληδόνας τε δυσκρίτους and among dreams I first discerned which are destined to come true; and voices baffling interpretation I explained to them, and signs from chance meetings. The flight of crook-taloned birds I distinguished clearly— which by nature are auspicious
ἐγνώρισʼ αὐτοῖς ἐνοδίους τε συμβόλους· and among dreams I first discerned which are destined to come true; and voices baffling interpretation I explained to them, and signs from chance meetings. The flight of crook-taloned birds I distinguished clearly— which by nature are auspicious
γαμψωνύχων τε πτῆσιν οἰωνῶν σκεθρῶς and among dreams I first discerned which are destined to come true; and voices baffling interpretation I explained to them, and signs from chance meetings. The flight of crook-taloned birds I distinguished clearly— which by nature are auspicious
διώρισʼ, οἵτινές τε δεξιοὶ φύσιν and among dreams I first discerned which are destined to come true; and voices baffling interpretation I explained to them, and signs from chance meetings. The flight of crook-taloned birds I distinguished clearly— which by nature are auspicious
εὐωνύμους τε, καὶ δίαιταν ἥντινα which sinister—their various modes of life, their mutual feuds and loves, and their consortings; and the smoothness of their entrails, and what color the gall must have to please
ἔχουσʼ ἕκαστοι, καὶ πρὸς ἀλλήλους τίνες which sinister—their various modes of life, their mutual feuds and loves, and their consortings; and the smoothness of their entrails, and what color the gall must have to please
ἔχθραι τε καὶ στέργηθρα καὶ συνεδρίαι· which sinister—their various modes of life, their mutual feuds and loves, and their consortings; and the smoothness of their entrails, and what color the gall must have to please
σπλάγχνων τε λειότητα, καὶ χροιὰν τίνα which sinister—their various modes of life, their mutual feuds and loves, and their consortings; and the smoothness of their entrails, and what color the gall must have to please
ἔχουσʼ ἂν εἴη δαίμοσιν πρὸς ἡδονὴν which sinister—their various modes of life, their mutual feuds and loves, and their consortings; and the smoothness of their entrails, and what color the gall must have to please
χολή, λοβοῦ τε ποικίλην εὐμορφίαν. the gods, also the speckled symmetry of the liver-lobe; and the thigh-bones, wrapped in fat, and the long chine I burned and initiated mankind into an occult art. Also I cleared their vision to discern signs from flames,which were obscure before this.
κνίσῃ τε κῶλα συγκαλυπτὰ καὶ μακρὰν the gods, also the speckled symmetry of the liver-lobe; and the thigh-bones, wrapped in fat, and the long chine I burned and initiated mankind into an occult art. Also I cleared their vision to discern signs from flames,which were obscure before this.
ὀσφῦν πυρώσας δυστέκμαρτον ἐς τέχνην the gods, also the speckled symmetry of the liver-lobe; and the thigh-bones, wrapped in fat, and the long chine I burned and initiated mankind into an occult art. Also I cleared their vision to discern signs from flames,which were obscure before this.
ὥδωσα θνητούς, καὶ φλογωπὰ σήματα the gods, also the speckled symmetry of the liver-lobe; and the thigh-bones, wrapped in fat, and the long chine I burned and initiated mankind into an occult art. Also I cleared their vision to discern signs from flames,which were obscure before this.
ἐξωμμάτωσα, πρόσθεν ὄντʼ ἐπάργεμα. the gods, also the speckled symmetry of the liver-lobe; and the thigh-bones, wrapped in fat, and the long chine I burned and initiated mankind into an occult art. Also I cleared their vision to discern signs from flames,which were obscure before this.

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1. Hebrew Bible, Deuteronomy, 18.9-18.14 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) 18.9. כִּי אַתָּה בָּא אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ לֹא־תִלְמַד לַעֲשׂוֹת כְּתוֹעֲבֹת הַגּוֹיִם הָהֵם׃ 18.11. וְחֹבֵר חָבֶר וְשֹׁאֵל אוֹב וְיִדְּעֹנִי וְדֹרֵשׁ אֶל־הַמֵּתִים׃ 18.12. כִּי־תוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה כָּל־עֹשֵׂה אֵלֶּה וּבִגְלַל הַתּוֹעֵבֹת הָאֵלֶּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ מוֹרִישׁ אוֹתָם מִפָּנֶיךָ׃ 18.13. תָּמִים תִּהְיֶה עִם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ׃ 18.14. כִּי הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה יוֹרֵשׁ אוֹתָם אֶל־מְעֹנְנִים וְאֶל־קֹסְמִים יִשְׁמָעוּ וְאַתָּה לֹא כֵן נָתַן לְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ׃ 18.9. When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations." 18.10. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, a soothsayer, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer," 18.11. or a charmer, or one that consulteth a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer." 18.12. For whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto the LORD; and because of these abominations the LORD thy God is driving them out from before thee." 18.13. Thou shalt be whole-hearted with the LORD thy God." 18.14. For these nations, that thou art to dispossess, hearken unto soothsayers, and unto diviners; but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do."
2. Hebrew Bible, Job, 28 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
3. Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, 402-405, 408-411, 442-471, 476-483, 485-506, 400 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) 400. δακρυσίστακτα δʼ ἀπʼ ὄσσων 400. Shedding from my eyes a coursing flood of tears I wet my tender cheeks with their moist streams. For Zeus, holding this unenviable power by self-appointed laws
4. Herodotus, Histories, 2.49.2, 3.132.2 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) 2.49.2. I say, then, that Melampus acquired the prophetic art, being a discerning man, and that, besides many other things which he learned from Egypt, he also taught the Greeks things concerning Dionysus, altering few of them; for I will not say that what is done in Egypt in connection with the god and what is done among the Greeks originated independently: for they would then be of an Hellenic character and not recently introduced. 3.132.2. When the Egyptian physicians who until now had attended the king were about to be impaled for being less skilful than a Greek, Democedes interceded with the king for them and saved them; and he saved an Elean seer, too, who had been a retainer of Polycrates' and was forgotten among the slaves. Democedes was a man of considerable influence with the King.
5. Sophocles, Antigone, 365-367, 361 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
6. Anon., 1 Enoch, 8.2 (3rd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) 8.2. colouring tinctures. And there arose much godlessness, and they committed fornication, and they 8. And Azazel taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and made known to them the metals of the earth and the art of working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the use of antimony, and the beautifying of the eyelids, and all kinds of costly stones, and all,colouring tinctures. And there arose much godlessness, and they committed fornication, and they,were led astray, and became corrupt in all their ways. Semjaza taught enchantments, and root-cuttings, 'Armaros the resolving of enchantments, Baraqijal (taught) astrology, Kokabel the constellations, Ezeqeel the knowledge of the clouds, Araqiel the signs of the earth, Shamsiel the signs of the sun, and Sariel the course of the moon. And as men perished, they cried, and their cry went up to heaven . . .
7. Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library, 5.64.4 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) 5.64.4.  But some historians, and Ephorus is one of them, record that the Idaean Dactyli were in fact born on the Mt. Idê which is in Phrygia and passed over to Europe together with Mygdon; and since they were wizards, they practised charms and initiatory rites and mysteries and in the course of a sojourn in Samothrace they amazed the natives of that island not a little by their skill in such matters. And it was at this time, we are further told, that Orpheus, who was endowed with an exceptional gift of poesy and song, also became a pupil of theirs, and he was subsequently the first to introduce initiatory rites and mysteries to the Greeks.
8. Eusebius of Caesarea, Preparation For The Gospel, 9.27.4, 13.12.3-13.12.4 (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
aeschylus,prometheus bound	Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 477
alexandria	Bloch (2022), Ancient Jewish Diaspora: Essays on Hellenism, 29
angelic sin,as epistemological transgression	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
aristobulus (philosopher)	Bloch (2022), Ancient Jewish Diaspora: Essays on Hellenism, 29
artapanus	Bloch (2022), Ancient Jewish Diaspora: Essays on Hellenism, 29
asael,azael,as culture-hero	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
asael,azael,as teacher	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
athens	de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 294
audience	de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 294
bird interpreters	Johnston (2008), Ancient Greek Divination, 7
birds,divination	Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 477
cainites as,fallen angels as	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
chrêsmologos	Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 178
civilization,as decline	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
cosmetics,cosmetology	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
cultural memory,oracles and divination	Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 477
daimones	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
darius	Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 178
democedes of croton	Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 178
dillery,john	Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 178
diodorus siculus	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
divination,ancient discussions of	Johnston (2008), Ancient Greek Divination, 7, 8
divination,and authority	Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 178
divination,and patronage	Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 178
divination	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
emotional restraint,narratology of	de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 294
emotions,joy	de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 294
empathy	de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 294
enochic literature,and the torah	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
enthusiastic prophecy	Johnston (2008), Ancient Greek Divination, 8
ephorus of cyme	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
eumaeus	Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 178
golden age,as moral value	Perkell (1989), The Poet's Truth: A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics, 92
golden age,in georgic	Perkell (1989), The Poet's Truth: A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics, 92
golden age,in myth	Perkell (1989), The Poet's Truth: A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics, 92
graf,fritz	Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 178
hermoni	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
herodotus	Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 178
homer	Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 178
idaean dactyls	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
knowledge,corrupting power of	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
knowledge,revealed	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
literary production	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
magic,as angelic teaching	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
magic,greco-roman etiologies of	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
mania,as specialist	Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 178
mania,poet as	Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 178
mania	Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 178
melampus (pseudo-)	Johnston (2008), Ancient Greek Divination, 7
metalworking,as angelic teaching	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
metalworking,greco-roman etiologies of	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
moses,as inventor	Bloch (2022), Ancient Jewish Diaspora: Essays on Hellenism, 29
moses,as philosopher	Bloch (2022), Ancient Jewish Diaspora: Essays on Hellenism, 29
oracles,divination	Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 477
oracles,reading of entrails	Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 477
oracles,use of birds'	Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 477
orpheus	Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 178
pathos (πάθος)	de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 294
pharmacology,as angelic teaching	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
pharmacology	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
philosophy	Bloch (2022), Ancient Jewish Diaspora: Essays on Hellenism, 29
polycrates of samos	Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 178
preservation	Bartels (2017), Plato's Pragmatic Project: A Reading of Plato's Laws, 47
prometheus	Bloch (2022), Ancient Jewish Diaspora: Essays on Hellenism, 29; Johnston (2008), Ancient Greek Divination, 7, 8; Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40; de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 294
prometheus bound	de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 294
pythagoras	Bloch (2022), Ancient Jewish Diaspora: Essays on Hellenism, 29
semihazah,semhazai,as teacher	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
sibyls	Johnston (2008), Ancient Greek Divination, 8
socrates	Bloch (2022), Ancient Jewish Diaspora: Essays on Hellenism, 29; Johnston (2008), Ancient Greek Divination, 8
solon	Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 178
space,as expression of emotion	de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 294
textual transmission,premodern	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
torah,and enochic literature	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
varro	Perkell (1989), The Poet's Truth: A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics, 92
virtue	Bartels (2017), Plato's Pragmatic Project: A Reading of Plato's Laws, 47
weather signs (see divination,and weather signs)	Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 178
women,vanity of	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 40
zeus	de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 294