Title Birds in the ancient world : winged words / Jeremy Mynott

Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2018] ©2018

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover; Birds in the Ancient World; Copyright; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes for Readers; List of Illustrations; Timeline; Maps of the Classical World in the First Century AD; Greece, Rome, and the Aegean; 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 enterainments; 10. Relationships and Responsibilities; Part 4. Invention and Discovery Introduction11. 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 Erath; 20. Epilogue; Appendix: Some Bird Lists from Ancient Sources; Biographies of Authors Quotes; Endnotes; Part 1. Birds In The Natural World; Epigraphs; Introduction; 1. The Seasons; 2. Weather; 3. Time; 4. Soundscapes; Part 2. Birds As A Resource; Introduction; 5. Hunting and Fowling 6. Cooking and Eating7. Farming; PART 3. LIVING WITH BIRDS; Introduction; 8. Captivity and Domestication; 9. Sports and entertainments; 10. Relationships and Responsibilities; PART 4. INVENTION AND DISCOVERY; 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; 17. Fabulous Creatures; 18. Messengers and Mediators; 19. Mother Earth; 20. Epilogue; Appendix; Bibliography; Picture Credits; Publisher's Acknowledgements; Index of Birds Summary Birds played an important role in the ancient world: as indicators of time, weather, and seasons; as a resource for hunting, medicine, and farming; as pets and entertainment; as omens and messengers of the gods. Jeremy Mynott explores the similarities and surprising differences between ancient perceptions of the natural world and our own Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 17, 2018) Subject Birds -- Greece -- History -- To 1500 Birds -- Rome Birds -- Mythology. Birds -- Folklore Animals and civilization -- Greece Animals and civilization -- Rome Birds -- Folklore. NATURE -- Animals -- Birds. NATURE -- Birdwatching Guides. SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ornithology. Animals and civilization Birds Birds -- Mythology Greece Rome (Empire) Genre/Form Folklore History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191022715 0191022713 9780191022722 0191022721

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