customs
Augury and the Taking of Auspices
augurium / auspicia
The Roman state practice of reading the gods' will from the flight, calls, and feeding of birds before any major public act.
Where this idea shows up
4 Greek sourcesWhere to read it
- Xenophon· Athens
- Cyropaedia354 BCEXenophon· Athens
- Quaestiones Romanae120 CEPlutarch· Chaeronea