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Mesopotamian extispicy in Greece (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Liver omens (Bārūtu) 05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore 05.03 Mantic 05.03.01 Extispicy 05.03.01.02 Liver omens (Bārūtu)	Keywords extispicy omens
Period 2nd century CE Roman Empire	Channel Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

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Arrian, Anabasis 7.18.1:
Peithagoras, one of those seers who prophesy from the flesh of victims … sent a similar letter to Apollodorus about Alexander advising him to beware lest any danger should at this time come upon him.

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Arrian, Anabasis 7.18.1

Simo Parpola

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