Famously, Aristander of Telmessos (Greek: Αρίστανδρος ο Τελμησσεύς ; born ca. 380 BCE, fl. [2] 2nd half of 4th century BCE), a Greek from Caria, predicted several events in Alexander the Great's life because he had this alleged ability to gain information about an object, person, location or physical event through extrasensory perception?
Aristander Aristander of Telmessos (Greek: Αρίστανδρος ο Τελμησσεύς ; born ca. 380 BCE, fl. 2nd half of 4th century BCE), a Greek from Caria, was Alexander the Great's favorite seer. Aristander was already in Philip's entourage in 357/6, when he correctly interpreted a dream as revealing Olympias' pregnancy. The ancient sources place him interpreting omens from the conqueror's birth to his death. Although details are variously given, and some incidents are fictitious, Aristander was clearly an influential presence during Alexander's campaigns, and played an important role in uplifting the morale of the Macedonian army. There are indications he wrote divinatory works, either before, during or after the expedition, although it is also possible these works were spuriously attributed.
Augury Augury is the practice from ancient Roman religion of interpreting omens from the observed flight of birds ("aves"). When the individual, known as the augur, interpreted these signs, it is referred to as "taking the auspices". 'Augur' and 'auspices' are from the Latin "auspicium" and "auspex", literally "one who looks at birds." Depending upon the birds, the auspices from the gods could be favorable or unfavorable ("auspicious" or "inauspicious"). Sometimes bribed or politically motivated augures would fabricate unfavorable auspices in order to delay certain state functions, such as elections. Pliny the Elder attributes the invention of auspicy to Tiresias the seer of Thebes, the generic model of a seer in the Greco-Roman literary culture.