Conclusion
Conclusion
This chapter provides a comparison of the findings of this book for the relationship between risk and oracles and curses. It argues that these activities show some of the ways in which ancient Greek men and women constructed and responded to perceptions of risk and uncertainty in their everyday lives. The concerns of oracle questions show the areas of life perceived as particularly likely to be sources of risk: marriage, travel, work and disease. The curse material, in turn, demonstrates how in moments of particular crisis, other people were perceived as sources of risk. In addition, these texts and the related ritual practices, reveal perceptions of the distribution of responsibility, causes of misfortune and allocation of blame, shedding light on relationships between mortals, and between mortals and the supernatural.
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