Revisiting Delphi : Religion and Storytelling in Ancient Greece (Hardcover)

1. Introduction: revisiting Delphi; 2. Herodotus: Delphi, oracles and storytelling in the Histories; 3. Euripides: ironic readings of Apollo and his prophecies; 4. Plato: Socrates, or invoking the Oracle as a witness; 5. Pausanias: what's the stuff of divinity?; 6. Athenaeus: encountering the divine in word and wood; 7. Conclusion: religion and storytelling in ancient Greece; Appendix: Plutarch - a philosophical enquiry into an enigmatic sign.