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Tatiana Bur
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Technologies of the Marvellous in Ancient Greek Religion , pp. 304 - 310
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Index

Abonoteichos, 218, 220
Achilles, 97, 158
Acrocorinth, 173
actor network theory, 21
Aegeus, 94
Aeschylus, 57, 60, 62
Aesop’s fables, 246, 250
Agamedes, 121
agōn, 24, 25, 143, 226
Ajax, 36, 50, 207
alea, 24, 25, 112, 268
Alexander the Great, 233
Alexandria, 23, 148, 189, 191, 193
Alfred Gell, 7, 17–21, 39, 50, 53, 126, 138, 140, 181, 201
altar, 27, 54–57, 203, 205, 261
Altar of the Twelve Gods (Athens), 190
Amenhotep III, 148
Amphiaraos, 51, 108
Amynos, 168
Antikythera mechanism, 269
Antiphanes, 31
Anubis, 241
Aphrodite, 62, 142, 168
Apollo, 53–54, 56, 60, 83, 88, 89, 90, 93, 97, 117, 120, 123, 168, 208, 213, 236, 241, 254, 266
Apollodorus, 251
apotheosis, 86, 93, 94, 255
appearance, 209, 210, 227, 243
Archimedes, 14
screw, 197
Archinos relief, 51, 179
architecture, 10, 15, 117–118, 121, 123–124, 164, 200, 269
Archytas, 14
Argos, 60
Aristarchus, 246
Aristophanes, 40–44, 115, 119, 122, 217, 250
Aristotle, 31, 82, 92, 119, 127, 142, 260
Arsinoe II, 142, 143
art, 17, 20, 22, 39, 105, 159
and technē, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 39
Artemis, 51, 56, 62, 168, 241
articulated figurine, 25, 126, 143, 167–180, 185, 194, 203, 263, 268
Bosporan figurines, 177–180
Asklepios, 116, 241
Asklēpios neos, 217–237
astragaloi, 25, 105, 124, 213, 225, 263, 268
astragalomancy, 25, 108, 109–113
astronomy, 164, 246, 269
Athena, 36, 49, 54, 56, 60, 68, 88, 90, 97, 115, 116, 168, 202, 207, 211
Athenaeus, 192
Athens, 23, 25, 35, 54, 55, 58, 62, 77, 90, 92, 94, 116, 119, 172, 173, 187, 190, 197–200
Acropolis, 190
Agora, 190
Altar of the Twelve Gods, 190
Eleusinion, 190
Kerameikos, 190, 198
Pompeion, 190
automata, 9, 10, 16, 18, 25, 27, 36, 104, 167, 185–212, 213, 236, 263, 265, 268
automation, 18, 72, 73, 74, 76, 99, 125–184, 190, 191, 206, 208, 236
autophone, 16, 221, 224, 227, 233, 235, 243
banquet, 192
belief, 20, 23, 26, 32, 33, 48, 268
and make-belief, 23–27
Bellerophon, 249–250
Bendis, 241
Bes, 143, 152
Bia, 161
Boeotia, 169
bronteion, 73, 253
bronze, 17, 106, 108, 109, 114, 115, 125, 128, 129, 133, 134, 137, 140
Bruno Latour, 21, 181
Buddhism, 129–138
bull, 26, 75, 76, 116, 135
Callimachus, 141, 145, 183, 209
Callixenus, 192
Cassander, 187
Cassandra, 97
Catalogue of Women, 251
catoptrics, 75, 76, 105, 155, 213, 225, 263
catoptromancy, 16, 108, 113–118
cave, 121, 132, 196
Claros, 123
Korykeion, 110
Polis Cave, 157
Trophonion Cave, 120, 121
Celsus, 119, 232
chrēsmologoi, 217
Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood, 33, 81
Christianity, 219
Cicero, 105, 230
circle, 127, 128, 129, 132, 135
Clement of Alexandria, 115, 225
cognitive dissonance, 116, 214
cognitive religion, 20
Colchis, 98, 100
Colossus of Memnon, 148–150
community, 131, 148, 217
competition. See agōn
Corinth, 92, 99, 100, 123, 173
cosmos, 122, 124, 138
crane operator. See mechanics, mēchanopoios
Crete, 156
Crimea, 173
Cronus, 120
Ctesibius, 144, 146, 148, 167, 191, 204
cult statue, 3, 59, 62, 108, 116, 117, 120, 227, 241
curses, 2
Cyprus, 156, 172
Cyrenaica, 173
Daedalus, 41, 186, 246, 247, 253
and Icarus, 249
dance, 25, 27, 71, 168, 175
dedication, 3, 21, 28, 51, 62, 103, 110, 113, 120, 125–184, 213, 264
Delos, 58
Delphi, 54, 56, 60, 110, 121, 158, 208, 213, 218, 241
Demeter, 120, 168, 173
Demetrius of Phalerum, 186–190, 212
Demetrius Poliorcetes, 189, 191
Demochares, 187
Despoina, 116
deus ex machina, 31–48, 117, 122, 140, 207, 225, 227, 243, 259–263, 266, 268
dice. See astragaloi
didacticism, 225, 228, 232, 233, 236
Didyma, 117, 121
Dio Chrysostom, 206
Diodorus Siculus, 251
Dionysia, 28, 58, 77, 177, 186–191, 198, 260
Dionysus, 3, 26, 36, 58, 60, 68–78, 115, 123, 135, 185, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 198, 199, 202, 203, 205, 206, 208, 225, 243, 262
Dioscuri, 56, 65–68, 79, 80, 88, 93
divination, 2, 17, 103, 105–124, 164, 213, 263. See catoptromancy, astragalomancy
diviners. See divination
dolls, 24. See articulated figurine
doors, 27, 72, 117, 209
double determination, 230
Duris, 188
E. R. Dodds, 22
economics, 8, 18, 19, 24, 187
Egypt, 133, 143, 190, 197, 202, 241
ekkyklēma, 95, 122, 164, 205
ekplēxis, 26, 27
embodied object, 21, 127, 150
embodiment, 21, 132, 135, 140, 141, 146, 182
Empedocles, 240, 245
enchantment, 7, 8, 14, 18, 19, 20, 126, 138, 141, 144, 235. See Alfred Gell
engineer, 191
enslaved, 190
enslavement, 166
entertainment, 7, 25, 71, 90, 188, 200, 204, 209, 210, 213, 227
Ephesus, 241
Epidauros, 116, 123
epigram, 28, 126, 141–155
epiphany. See visual epiphany
epistemology, 4, 7, 9, 21–23, 27, 46, 52, 53, 66, 77, 89, 124, 126, 186, 189, 237, 259, 266
Euclid, 114
Eudoxus, 14
Euonymon, 59
Euripides, 49, 53, 55, 62, 64–101, 250, 262
Bacchae, 68–78, 208
Helen, 64–68
Heracles, 78–83
Medea, 92–101
Orestes, 88–91
festival, 25, 48, 56, 58, 77, 139, 185–203, 204
fire, 58, 73, 76, 88, 131, 159, 161, 183, 194, 206, 207, 222, 234, 251, 253, 265
flight. See wing
forgery, 26, 29, 217–237, 243–247, 266
games. See play
gem, 249
Geoffrey Lloyd, 22, 231
Glykon, 150, 217–237, 244
Hadrian, 149, 199
Hedylus, 141, 143, 148, 152
Helen, 88, 89, 93
Helios, 36, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 188
Hellenistic epigram, 264
Hephaistos, 19, 97, 158, 160, 161, 162, 163, 200, 254, 265
Hera, 56, 65, 78, 80, 120
Heracles, 56, 79, 83–87, 93
Hermes, 54, 60, 197, 240
Hero of Alexandria, 8, 14, 27, 36, 37, 43, 72, 127–141, 147, 149, 183, 191, 196, 200, 203–212, 236
Herodes Atticus, 197–200, 212
Herodotus, 90, 106, 118, 123, 125, 217
Hesiod, 159, 161, 185
Hieropolis, 236
hinge, 37, 115, 126, 167–184, 207, 242. See doors, articulated figurine
Hipparchus, 246
Hippocratic authors, 230, 231
Hippolytus, 51, 267
Hippolytus of Rome, 223, 224
Homer, 22, 200, 211
Iamblichus, 115
Ian Hodder, 21
Icarus, 41, 249
Ikarion, 59
Iliad, 158, 168, 183, 249, 254
ilinx, 24, 25, 26, 27, 130, 132, 135, 138, 268
illusion, 31, 64, 65, 72, 114, 116, 124, 227, 243
Imperial cult, 219, 255
incubation, 120
ingenuity, 11, 24, 43, 103, 107, 125, 127, 137, 145, 155, 156, 169, 193, 203, 210, 240
innovation. See novelty
inscriptions, 58, 109, 110, 111, 150
Dodona tablets, 1, 3, 17, 106
invention, 9, 103, 137, 253, 254
as dedications, 125–184
Iphigenia, 68
Iris, 56, 67, 78–83, 96
Isis, 219
Isthmia, 206
Ithaca, 157
Johan Huizinga, 23, 26
John North, 217, 222
Judaism, 219
Karel Čapek, 258
karma, 129–138
katabasis, 121, 122
Kathleen Coleman, 254
kradē, 40–44, 214
Kratos, 160, 161, 162
lagynos, 147
Lebadeia, 118
Lemnos, 84, 87
light, 5, 38, 118, 161, 234, 252
lliad, 162
Lucian, 23, 25, 28, 117, 149, 150, 178, 214–237, 266
Alexander, 217–237
Icaromenippus, 238–257
Lykosoura, 116
Lyssa, 56, 67, 78–83, 96
maenad, 71, 72, 74, 185, 194, 205
magic, 2, 18, 19, 22, 97, 98, 165, 167, 206, 224, 229, 233
mask, 33, 38–40, 55, 76, 77, 194
mathematics, 9, 11, 13, 27, 164, 263
probability, 25, 109–113, 155
Maximus of Tyre, 119, 122
mēchanē, 11, 16, 18, 28, 31–48, 139, 160, 163–165, 181, 182, 211, 214, 227, 233, 240
mēchanica, 259. See mechanics
mechanical crane. See mēchanē
mechanical texts, 9, 10, 12, 16, 20, 27, 28, 36, 75, 113–118, 126, 127–141, 146, 147, 203–212, 264
mechanics, 9, 10–16, 27, 28, 103, 127, 138, 139, 156, 160, 186, 200, 211, 235, 236
mēchanopoios, 41, 42, 206, 214, 261, 266
mechanistic conception, 157, 165
Medea, 87, 92–101
media theory, 4, 6, 12, 31–48, 82, 95, 109, 124, 131, 182
cultural techniques, 15, 16, 28, 100, 104, 112, 166, 180, 182, 207, 242, 259
hypermediacy, 40, 80, 253
immediacy, 40, 138
medicine, 10, 164, 229, 230
Menelaus, 89
metallurgy, 211
metaritual, 169, 175, 183
metatheatre, 66, 81, 86, 90, 163, 164, 165, 253, 261, 265, 268
milk, 74, 194, 197, 205, 208
mimesis, 143, 153, 178, 179, 268
mimicry, 24, 25, 27, 86, 169. See belief and make-belief
mirror. See catoptrics
mise en abyme, 179, 183
Mithras, 219
moon, 227, 238, 239, 244, 245, 256
music, 10, 27, 71, 126, 175
mystery cult, 71, 75, 115, 135, 146, 178, 221, 224, 225, 227, 234
Nabis, 186
nature, 11, 12, 43, 44, 105, 121, 124, 135, 138, 139, 146, 149, 185, 192, 201, 230, 231
para physin, 12, 13, 147, 235
Nauplius, 203, 207
Nebo, 236
Neoptolemus, 83, 87
neurospasta, 178
New Materialism, 21, 54, 141
Nike, 205
Nile, 146
novelty, 9, 16, 22, 146, 163, 189, 203, 210
nymph, 121, 157
Nysa, 185, 194
object agency, 3, 17–21, 33, 45, 54, 108, 127, 138, 141, 145, 147, 152, 155, 156, 169, 181
Oceanids, 160
Odysseus, 49, 83, 87, 157
Odyssey, 157
Oenomaus, 231
Oeta, 84, 85
Old Comedy, 40–44, 260
Olympia, 116
Olympus, 40, 42, 43, 70, 78, 82, 87, 94, 95, 97, 183, 238, 240, 242, 244, 246, 247, 248, 250, 255, 267
ontology, 1, 12, 16, 46, 48, 53, 66, 88–101, 109, 114, 122, 135, 155, 179, 240, 242, 245, 248, 260
oracle, 1, 78, 119, 263
Anatolian astragalomancy, 110, 111
Branchidai-Didyma, 110
Claros, 106, 123
Delphi, 92, 106, 108, 121
Didyma, 106, 118
oracular consultation, 2, 118, 119, 152
Trophonios, 23, 118–123
Zeus at Dodona, 1, 106
Orestes, 60, 68, 89, 90, 93
organ, 149
Oropos, 108
paideia, 228
painting, 211
Palaikastro, 156
Panathenaea, 197–200
Pandora, 186
Pappus of Alexandria, 12, 14, 27
parade
pompē, 185
paradoxon, 192, 239, 247
Pasiphae, 254
patronage, 103, 167, 212
Pausanias, 61, 90, 115, 116, 119, 121, 122, 125, 149
Pegasus, 247, 250
peplos, 197
Perachora, 158
Pergamon, 241
Peripatetic, 11, 14, 127–141, 235, 265
Perseus, 97
phalloi, 59, 78, 177
Philo of Byzantium, 27, 36, 43, 127–141, 148, 196, 204
Philoctetes, 83–87, 93
Philostratus, 119, 149, 166, 199, 209
Phye, 90
physis. See nature
pilgrimage, 140
Pindar, 249
pipe. See tube
Piraeus, 187
Plato, 14, 31, 100, 105, 168, 217
play, 10, 23–27, 39, 110, 112, 135, 142, 145, 152, 167, 168, 179, 225, 268
plenitude, 74, 75, 185, 187, 189, 190, 192, 196, 200, 208
Pliny, 116, 149
Plutarch, 55, 119, 120
pneumatics, 10, 14, 27, 126, 127–141, 149, 183, 197
poikilia, 210–212
Polybius, 186, 187, 190
polyptych, 182
pompē, 3, 18, 21, 58, 62, 63, 103, 104, 171, 180, 185–212, 213, 263, 266
Poseidon, 254
Posidippus, 141, 150
prayer, 2, 242
procession. See pompē
progress, 9, 23, 63, 155
Prometheus, 159–165, 251–253, 265
Prometheus Bound, 49, 159–165
Pronomos Vase, 39
prophet, 105
pseudomantis, 90, 217–237
prosperity. See plenitude
Ptolemy I, 191
Ptolemy II, 114, 143, 212
Grand Procession, 190, 191–197
ornamental pavilion, 191
purification, 120, 129, 131, 132, 133, 134, 137, 140
Pythia, 217
rationality, 5, 21, 22, 124, 140, 166, 218
reciprocity, 2, 10, 58, 125, 139, 169, 183, 186, 189, 197, 202, 211, 212, 264, 266
religious experience, 2, 5, 6, 21, 51, 103, 107, 113, 116, 118, 121, 122, 131
religious freelancers, 219, 226
religious marketplace, 217, 222
religious tourism, 149
Rhamnous, 59
Rhodes, 173
rhyton, 143–150
Roberte Hamayon, 26
Roger Caillois, 23, 24, 27
ruler cult, 189, 266
Salmoneus, 251–253
satyr, 39, 59, 71, 193, 195
satyr play, 252
science, 9, 22, 25, 141, 142, 149, 191, 195, 216, 224, 228, 239
science fiction, 228
Semele, 70, 73, 196
ship, 197–200
sight, 32, 48, 51, 65, 66, 69, 70, 74, 94, 120, 135, 234, 239, 267
skēnē, 35, 50, 56, 60, 62, 73, 77, 79, 82, 87, 88
Skyros, 84
Smyrna, 116, 198
snail, 186, 188, 191, 196
snake, 51, 71, 76, 150, 194, 217–237, 244
Socratic Epistle, 208, 213
song, 2, 25, 144, 222, 242
Sophocles, 52, 62, 252, 262
Ajax, 49–50, 53
Philoctetes, 83–87
sound, 36, 44, 71, 73, 106, 133, 134, 137, 140, 144, 146, 147, 148, 150, 151, 153, 170, 206, 207, 243, 252, 264
space, 24, 35, 40, 41, 43, 44, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 68, 77, 78–87, 88, 94, 95, 96, 104, 108, 113, 118, 121, 124, 131, 133, 190, 213, 240, 261, 263
spectacle. See entertainment
statues, 49–63, 261
Strabo, 149
Strattis, 41
sunlight, 149
symbiosis, 41, 203, 209, 212, 213, 259, 260, 266
Symplegades, 98, 100
synaesthesia, 195, 211
Syracuse, 208
Talos, 186
Taranto, 176
technē, 6–10, 43, 107, 108, 125, 138, 146, 149, 156, 159–165, 209, 212, 228, 232, 235, 236, 254. See art and technē
technological blocage, 15, 163, 208
technological determinism, 5, 46
temple, 56, 59, 60, 114, 116, 117, 121, 123, 125, 127–141, 144, 146, 148, 153, 155, 156, 168, 178, 179, 183, 232, 241, 263, 264, 268
thauma, 26, 27, 115, 127, 128, 131, 135, 137, 138, 139, 140, 148, 153, 155, 158, 167
thaumasiourgoi, 13, 27, 202, 206
thaumatopoioi, 206, 233
the Aloadae, 247
theatre, 8, 25, 31–48, 124, 187, 190, 203, 204, 205, 207, 243, 252, 259
theatricality, 27, 88, 90, 122, 181, 188, 193, 199, 203, 207, 213, 222, 223, 226, 268
Thebes, 70, 78, 82
theology, 1, 4, 5, 8, 16, 18, 25, 26, 28, 31, 32, 40, 43, 44, 45, 49, 53, 54, 57, 62, 64, 68, 74, 77, 78, 88, 100, 104, 106, 107, 112, 113, 115, 117, 118, 121, 124, 125, 130, 131, 133, 145, 181, 189, 192, 198, 199, 201, 202, 208, 212, 219, 223, 224, 236, 237, 242, 252, 254, 257, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 266
theomachy, 25, 72, 159, 161, 238–257, 267
theophania, 57
Theseus, 92
Thetis, 56, 158, 165
Thorikos, 59
Thrace, 241
Thucydides, 217
thymelē, 55
Timaeus, 187
touch, 48, 51, 61, 63, 96, 132, 133, 140, 147, 234
toys. See play
tragedy, 31–48, 159–165, 182, 261
tripod, 19, 60, 125, 126, 156–159, 200, 263, 265
Trophonios, 264
Troy, 64, 65, 83, 84
tube, 133, 149, 153
tunnel, 118
Verity Platt, 3, 52, 169
visual epiphany, 3, 31–48, 213, 237
Vitruvius, 204
votive. See dedication
water, 74, 123, 129, 131, 132, 133, 140, 149, 153, 185, 206
water-lifting, 13, 35
weaving, 10, 103, 211
well, 242
wheel, 41, 126, 127–141, 151, 157, 158, 204, 225, 263, 264, 265
mantra wheels, 129–138
window, 40, 117
wine, 74, 75, 123, 144, 185, 195, 197, 206, 208
wings, 41, 42, 44, 99, 160, 205, 238–243, 249, 267
wolf, 151
wonder. See thauma
wonderworkers. See thaumasiourgoi
xoanon, 58
Zeus, 41, 42, 56, 65, 70, 79, 80, 93, 101, 115, 116, 120, 156, 159, 161, 162, 165, 197, 238, 240, 244, 247, 251–253, 255, 265, 267
at Dodona, 1

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