Between Necromancers and Ventriloquists: The έγγαστρίμυθοι in the Septuaginta
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https://doi.org/10.3989/sefarad.2001.v61.i2.591Abstract
This contribution pursues a lexicographical study of the Greek term έγγαστρίμυθος, used by the translators of Septuaginta to render Hebrew terms with unambiguous necromantic connotations. However, the Greek literature previous to this translation cannot yield sufficient evidence that these connotations were inherent to the term in the Classical period. The term signified initially a sort of 'inspired diviner' who prophesied by means of a bellyspirit; further details about his profession are however somewhat unclear.
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