Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws : And Other Classical Myths, Historical Oddities, and Scientific Curiosities /

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A treasury of astonishing mythic marvels-and the surprising truths behind themAdrienne Mayor is renowned for exploring the borders of history, science, archaeology, anthropology, and popular knowledge to find historical realities and scientific insights-glimmering, long-buried nuggets of truth-embed...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mayor, Adrienne (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Temas:
Curiosities and wonders.
Folklore.
HISTORY / Ancient / General.
Adrienne Mayor.
Amazons.
Ancient Greek literature.
Ancient Greek.
Ancient history.
Ancient literature.
Ancient warfare.
Anecdote.
Archaeology.
Aristeas.
Athens.
Author.
Beak.
Biological warfare.
Brooch.
Cartography.
Certainty.
Chapter 33 (G.I. Bill of Rights).
Classical mythology.
Classics.
Cross-reference.
Cryptid.
Cryptozoology.
Curator.
Dinosaur egg.
Dog food.
Drawing.
English language.
Essay.
Fairy.
First Book.
Franz Kafka.
Goatherd.
Griffin.
Gustave Flaubert.
Herodotus.
Illustration.
Josiah Ober.
Latin literature.
Legendary creature.
Libation.
Library stack.
Literature.
London Review of Books.
Low culture.
Magazine.
Manuscript.
Martyr.
Memoir.
Military history.
Miscellany.
Museum of the Rockies.
Mythology.
Origin story.
Paleontology.
Popular Science.
Popular culture.
Popular science.
Pottery.
Printmaking.
Publication.
Quadrupedalism.
Revised Version.
Saronic Gulf.
Satyr.
Scientist.
Scythia.
Scythians.
Sea monster.
Shapeshifting.
Sigmund Freud.
Skepticism.
Sports Afield.
Storytelling.
Susanna (Book of Daniel).
Tattoo artist.
Tattoo.
Textbook.
The Myth of Persecution.
The Venerable.
Tours.
Trace fossil.
Triceratops.
Unicorn horn.
Website.
Writing.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. The Borderlands of Myth, History, and Science
  • ANIMALS: FABULOUS, REAL, AND EXTINCT
  • 1 The Flying Snakes of Arabia
  • 2 Sea Monsters and Mer-People of the Mediterranean
  • 3 The Golden Fleece
  • 4 Griffin Claws and a Unicorn Horn
  • 5 Dolphin Tales
  • 6 The Musical Racing Turtles of Greece
  • 7 A Little Bird with Poison Poop
  • 8 The Roman Army's Vulture Mascots
  • 9 Pet Birds through the Ages
  • 10 Your New Puppy in Ancient Times
  • 11 Weasels in Classical Myth and History
  • 12 Living the Modern Ferret Lifestyle
  • 13 Colossal Fossils of Greece
  • 14 Hunting Griffins: An Imaginary Letter to a Paleontologist
  • 15 Siegfried and the Dragon
  • 16 Tracking the Lucky Rhino in China
  • 17 Fake Fossils
  • 18 Cuvier and the Mammoth Foot
  • 19 Geronimo's Dragon
  • 20 Enslaved Africans Were First to Identify Mammoth Fossils in America
  • FORMIDABLE WOMEN
  • 21 Beauty Secrets of the Ancient Amazons
  • 22 Arab Warrior Queens
  • 23 Chiomara, Courageous Celtic Woman
  • 24 Camilla: Why Is There an Amazon in the Aeneid?
  • 25 Plato and the Amazons
  • 26 The Brave Women of Argos
  • 27 Cleopatra and Antony Go Fishing
  • 28 The Poetess and the Queen of Amazons
  • 29 Proving the Existence of Amazons in 1685
  • 30 Wine Goblets and Women's Breasts
  • CURIOUS HISTORY AND SCIENCE
  • 31 Ghost Ships
  • 32 Mirages at Sea
  • 33 Winds in Ancient Myth and History
  • 34 Death by Bronze "Frisbee"
  • 35 Could Aristotle Guess Your Personality from Your Face?
  • 36 The First Anti-Vaxxers
  • 37 Poison Honey
  • 38 Who Was the First Foot Fetishist?
  • 39 "Giants" in Ancient Warfare
  • 40 Sweating Truth in Ancient Carthage
  • TRAVELERS, TATTOOS, AND TYRANTS
  • 41 Tourists in Classical Antiquity
  • 42 Grand Tourists in Greece, from Lord Byron to Sigmund Freud
  • 43 Who Were the First Recreational Mountain Climbers?
  • 44 Ancient Tattoos
  • 45 Tattoos in Ancient China
  • 46 Caligula: Let Them Hate, So Long as They Fear
  • 47 A Mountain of a Man: Maximinus Thrax
  • 48 King Midas
  • 49 Home in a Body Bag
  • 50 Perfumes of Power
  • Notes
  • Credits
  • Index

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