Ancient divination is closely related to a crisis. Greeks regularly consulted an independent diviner or visited an oracular site in the name of whole community at the outbreaks of a severe crisis when there was no other solution at hand and the intervention from outside was required. Herodotus is the best source for the most prominent and influential period of the Delphic oracle. Peloponnesian Wars marked the beginning of a long process of decline of the Greek oracles and extinction of prophetic voice. The article examines changes of the Greek mentality, why the Delphic oracle ceased to be an advisorin the times of crisis and became the focus of crisis itself, facing the extinction despite all of its history and renown.

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URN:NBN:SI:DOC-4KU76AKD

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1449357

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04.09.2012

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Sunčič, Maja (2009). Od prerokovanja v krizi do krize prerokovanja. Monitor ISH, volume 11, issue 1, str. 197-219. URN:NBN:SI:DOC-4KU76AKD from http://www.dlib.si

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Sunčič, Maja. "Od prerokovanja v krizi do krize prerokovanja." Monitor ISH volume 11. issue 1 (2009) str. 197-219.
<http://www.dlib.si/?URN=URN:NBN:SI:DOC-4KU76AKD>

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