Drakōn : dragon myth and serpent cult in the Greek and Roman worlds

This volume explores the dragon or the supernatural serpent in Graeco-Roman myth and religion. It incorporates analyses, with comprehensive accounts of the rich literary and iconographic sources, for the principal dragons of myth, and discusses matters of cult and the paradoxical association of drag...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Ogden, Daniel
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Zusammenfassung:
This volume explores the dragon or the supernatural serpent in Graeco-Roman myth and religion. It incorporates analyses, with comprehensive accounts of the rich literary and iconographic sources, for the principal dragons of myth, and discusses matters of cult and the paradoxical association of dragons and serpents with the most benign of deities.
Umfang:
1 online resource : ill.
Anmerkungen:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Schlagworte:
Dragons > Mythology > Greece.
Dragons > Mythology > Rome.
Serpents > Greece.
Serpents > Rome.
Religion
Philosophy & Religion
European Religions - pre-Christian
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