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Prometheus taught augury to the mankind (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Bird Omens 05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore 05.02 Omen interpretation 05.02.02 Terrestrial omens (Šumma ālu) 05.02.02.04 Bird Omens Travel Omens 05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore 05.02 Omen interpretation 05.02.02 Terrestrial omens (Šumma ālu) 05.02.02.06 Travel Omens	Keywords birds omens
Period 5th century BCE Greek Classical Age	Channel Greek poets

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Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 488-492:
It was I who set in order the omens of the highways and the flight of crooked-taloned birds, which of them were propitious or lucky by nature, and what manner of life each led, and what were their mutual hates, loves, and companionships.

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Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 488-492

Bibliography

Lonsdale 1979, 152

Lonsdale, Steven H. “Attitudes towards Animals in Ancient Greece.” Greece and Rome 26 (1979) 146-159. [JSTOR (requires subscription)]

Amar Annus

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