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Haruspex
Haruspex
Haruspex
For the genus of beetles, see Haruspex (beetle). divination; he shakes the arrows, he consults
In the religion of Ancient Rome, a haruspex (plural the household idols, he looks at the liver.”
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2 4 NOTES
3 See also
• Anthropomancy
• Augur
• Auspice
4 Notes
[1] WA 92668 (britishmuseum.org).
5 References
• Walter Burkert, 1992. The Orientalizing Revolution:
Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early
Archaic Age (Thames and Hudson), pp 46–51.
6 External links
• Haruspices, article in Smith’s Dictionary of Greek
and Roman Antiquities
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