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<p>Everyday tools such as dice and knucklebones are associated with gambling and divinatory books founded upon the use of Homeric epics. Papyrological documents about this practice date back to Roman Imperial times. Verses drawn from <italic>Iliad</italic> and <italic>Odyssey</italic> were currently assigned to a divinely inspired wisdom. The preface to <italic>Homeromanteia</italic> shows a link with religious and divinatory ideas current at that time (hilastic invocations, hemeromancy, cledonism).</p>
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Everyday tools such as dice and knucklebones are associated with gambling and divinatory books founded upon the use of Homeric epics. Papyrological documents about this practice date back to Roman Imperial times. Verses drawn from Iliad and Odyssey were currently assigned to a divinely inspired wisdom. The preface to Homeromanteia shows a link with religious and divinatory ideas current at that time (hilastic invocations, hemeromancy, cledonism).

Rolling Dice for Divination, Gambling and Homeromanteia

Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Board Game Studies Journal

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Everyday tools such as dice and knucklebones are associated with gambling and divinatory books founded upon the use of Homeric epics. Papyrological documents...

Rolling Dice for Divination, Gambling and Homeromanteia

Published Online: Apr 26, 2022

Page range: 431 - 447

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bgs-2022-0015

Keywords
Homeromancy, lot-oracles, hemeromancy, gambling, alea, dice, knucklebones

© 2022 Costanza Salvatore, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Rolling Dice for Divination, Gambling and Homeromanteia

Published Online: Apr 26, 2022

Page range: 431 - 447

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bgs-2022-0015

KeywordsHomeromancy, lot-oracles, hemeromancy, gambling, alea, dice, knucklebones

© 2022 Costanza Salvatore, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Homeromancy, lot-oracles, hemeromancy, gambling, alea, dice, knucklebones