Book contents
- Divining the Etruscan World
- Dedication
- Divining the Etruscan World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Images Relating to the Society Portrayed in the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar
- Part I Background
- Part II THE BRONTOSCOPIC CALENDAR: GREEK TEXT AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION
- Part III Thematic Analysis of the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar
- Chapter 4 Analysis of the Brontoscopic Calendar
- Chapter 5 Weather, Fauna, Agriculture, Pests:
- Chapter 6 Health and Disease:
- Chapter 7 The Society of the Brontoscopic Calendar:
- Part IV Sources and Successors of the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar
- Appendix A Texts Relating to the Study of Etruscan Religion
- Appendix B Sample Mesopotamian Documents and Additional Data
- Appendix C Other Brontoscopia in the Classical Tradition: Sample Texts with English Translation
- Timeline of Personages, Cultural Phases, and Historical Periods
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section
Chapter 6 - Health and Disease:
“Plague, but not exceptionally life-threatening”
from Part III - Thematic Analysis of the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2012
- Divining the Etruscan World
- Dedication
- Divining the Etruscan World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Images Relating to the Society Portrayed in the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar
- Part I Background
- Part II THE BRONTOSCOPIC CALENDAR: GREEK TEXT AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION
- Part III Thematic Analysis of the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar
- Chapter 4 Analysis of the Brontoscopic Calendar
- Chapter 5 Weather, Fauna, Agriculture, Pests:
- Chapter 6 Health and Disease:
- Chapter 7 The Society of the Brontoscopic Calendar:
- Part IV Sources and Successors of the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar
- Appendix A Texts Relating to the Study of Etruscan Religion
- Appendix B Sample Mesopotamian Documents and Additional Data
- Appendix C Other Brontoscopia in the Classical Tradition: Sample Texts with English Translation
- Timeline of Personages, Cultural Phases, and Historical Periods
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Divining the Etruscan WorldThe <I>Brontoscopic Calendar</I> and Religious Practice, pp. 164 - 203Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012