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 |
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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 |
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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
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Birds -- Rome
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Birds -- Mythology.
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Birds -- Folklore
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Animals and civilization -- Greece
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Animals and civilization -- Rome
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Birds -- Folklore.
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NATURE -- Animals -- Birds.
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NATURE -- Birdwatching Guides.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ornithology.
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Animals and civilization
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Birds
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Birds -- Mythology
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Greece
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Rome (Empire)
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Genre/Form |
Folklore
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780191022715 |
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0191022713 |
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9780191022722 |
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0191022721 |
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