Drugs and the delphic oracle

Classical World

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-56

  Lehoux, Daryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 60950127260     PISSN: 00098418     EISSN: 15589234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/clw.2007.0094     Document Type: Review

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