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Oracular literature, also called orphic or prophetic literature, positions the poet as a medium between humanity and another world, sometimes defined as supernatural or non-human. Concept [ edit ]
Musaeus of Athens (Greek: Μουσαῖος, Mousaios) was a legendary polymath, philosopher, historian, prophet, seer, priest, poet, and musician, said to have been the founder of priestly poetry in Attica. He composed dedicatory and purificatory hymns and prose treatises, and oracular responses.
Khiem's oracular poetry has been compared to that of Nostradamus. It contains the earliest known use of the word "Vietnam." It contains the earliest known use of the word "Vietnam." In this Vietnamese name , the surname is Nguyễn , but is often simplified to Nguyen in English-language text.
The Bacidae 1883 by Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson (two soothsayers, called Bacidae, in a prophetic ecstasy reading chicken entrails).. Bakis (also Bacis; Ancient Greek: Βάκις) is a general name for the inspired prophets and dispensers of oracles who flourished in Greece from the 8th to the 6th century B.C. [1] Philetas of Ephesus, [2] Aelian [3] and John Tzetzes [4] distinguish between three ...
The exact origins of the Chaldean Oracles are unknown, but are usually attributed to Julian the Theurgist and/or his father, Julian the Chaldean. [2] Chaldea is the classical Greek term for Babylon, transliterating Assyrian Kaldū, which referred to an area southeast of Babylonia near the Persian Gulf.
Some early oracular statements from Delphi may have been delivered to Lycurgus, the semi-legendary Spartan lawgiver (fl. 8th century BC).. According to the report by Herodotus (Histories A.65, 2–4), Lycurgus visited and consulted the oracle before he applied his new laws to Sparta,
With just a few days before the final votes are cast in the 2024 presidential election, a closely watched poll with a track record of accuracy showed a shocking reversal in a Midwestern state.
The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry is an anthology of two volumes edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann (1918–1987), and Robert O'Clair. The anthology is large, with 1,100 pages in each of the two volumes. Volume I, about modern poetry, and Volume II, contemporary poetry. Essays on poetics are included in each volume. [1]