audiobook The Carlsberg Papyri 5: On the Primaeval Ocean (Carlsberg Papyri) by Mark Smith in History

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The oracle of Trophonios at Lebadeia (Boiotia); among the best documented in Greece; was active from the archaic period to the third century AD. At this oracle; divine revelation was given in the form of a 'visionary trance'; experienced as a psychic journey or leap of the soul into the world of truth. From the beginning; the cult and legend of Trophonios (and of similar heroes) turned upon the boundary between 'the other world' and the here-and-now; and were intimately linked with psychagogy; divination (including iatromancy); and the mysteries. The analysis of each of the oracle's components in the light of ancient mentalities has broadened our understanding of both Trophonios and of Greek divination in general.