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000845237 1001_ $$aMynott, Jeremy,$$eauthor.
000845237 24510 $$aBirds in the ancient world :$$bwinged words /$$cJeremy Mynott.
000845237 250__ $$aFirst edition.
000845237 264_1 $$a[Oxford] ;$$a[New York, NY] :$$bOxford University Press,$$c[2018]
000845237 300__ $$axvii, 451 pages :$$billustrations (chiefly colour), maps ;$$c25 cm
000845237 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent
000845237 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia
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000845237 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 417-426) and indexes.
000845237 5050_ $$aPreface -- Acknowledgements -- Notes for readers -- List of illustrations -- Timeline -- Maps of the classical world in the first century AD -- Part 1. Birds in the natural world. Introduction ; 1. The seasons ; 2. Weather ; 3. Time ; 4. Soundscapes -- Part 2. Birds as a resource. Introduction ; 5. Hunting and fowling ; 6. Cooking and eating ; 7. Farming -- Part 3. Living with birds. Introduction ; 8. Captivity and domestication ; 9. Sports and entertainments ; 10. Relationships and responsibilities -- Part 4. Invention and discovery. Introduction ; 11. Wonders ; 12. Medicine ; 13. Observation and enquiry -- Part 5. Thinking with birds. Introduction ; 14. Omens and auguries ; 15. Magic and metamorphosis ; 16. Signs and symbols -- Part 6. Birds as intermediaries. Introduction ; 17. Fabulous creatures ; 18. Messengers and mediators ; 19. Mother Earth -- 20. Epilogue -- Appendix: Some bird lists from ancient sources -- Biographies of authors quoted.
000845237 520__ $$a"Birds pervaded the ancient world. The impressed their physical presence on the daily experience and imaginations of ordinary people in town and country alike, and figured prominently in literature and art. They also provided a fertile source of symbols and stories in their myths and folklore, and were central to the ancient rituals of augury and divination. Jeremy Mynott's Birds in the ancient world: winged words brings together all this rich and fascinating material for the modern reader"--Inside dust jacket
000845237 650_0 $$aBirds$$zGreece$$xHistory$$yTo 1500.
000845237 650_0 $$aBirds$$zRome$$xHistory$$yTo 1500.
000845237 650_0 $$aBirds$$xMythology.
000845237 650_0 $$aBirds$$xFolklore.
000845237 650_0 $$aBirds$$xSymbolic aspects.
000845237 650_0 $$aBirds$$xSocial aspects$$zGreece$$xHistory$$yTo 1500.
000845237 650_0 $$aBirds$$xSocial aspects$$zRome$$xHistory$$yTo 1500.
000845237 650_0 $$aAnimals and civilization$$zGreece.
000845237 650_0 $$aAnimals and civilization$$zRome.
000845237 650_0 $$aCivilization, Classical.
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