Excerpt - page 17: "... not follow that these historians simply made up portents and omens as the fancy struck them. Rather, it was the case that they (unlike Thucy- dides) reflect the tendency to perceive omens in times of crisis that was so pervasive in Greek culture. ..."
Excerpt - page 171: "... A snake's nest: Dishonor. 328 4 Nets-Omens of prosperous times to come. Using a net: Success in business. Catching something ..."