| Description |
1 online resource (252 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; The Forty-One Tales of Antoninus Liberalis; 1 Ctesylla; 2 The Meleagrides; 3 Hierax; 4 Cragaleus; 5 Aegypius; 6 Periphas; 7 Anthus; 8 Lamia or Sybaris; 9 Emathides; 10 Minyades; 11 Aēdōn or Nightingale; 12 Cycnus or Swan; 13 Aspalis; 14 Munichus; 15 Meropis; 16 Oenoe; 17 Leucippus; 18 Ēeropus or Bee-Eater; 19 The Thieves; 20 Clinis; 21 Polyphonte; 22 Cerambus; 23 Battus; 24 Ascalabus; 25 Metioche and Menippe; 26 Hylas; 27 Iphigenia; 28 Typhon; 29 Galinthias; 30 Byblis; 31 The Messapians; 32 Dryopē; 33 Alcmene |
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34 Smyrna35 The Herdsmen; 36 Pandareus; 37 The Dorians; 38 Wolf; 39 Arceophon; 40 Britomartis; 41 Fox; Notes and Commentary; Index of Names and Places; Index of Animals and Plants; Index of Things, Topics, Notions and Motifs |
| Summary |
These forty-one tales written in the second century AD by Greek author Antoninus Liberalis and translated from the Greek for the first time, offer an unusual insight into the preoccupations and legends of antiquity. These tales are quirky, exciting and sometimes disturbing. Many have relevance for modern as well as classical understanding of psychology and the imagination. Each story is usefully provided with full annotation and commentary |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mythology, Greek.
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Legends -- Greece.
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Metamorphosis.
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Metamorphosis, Biological
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Legends
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Metamorphosis
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Mythology, Greek
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Greece
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Celoria, Francis
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| ISBN |
9781317799498 |
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1317799496 |
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9781317799481 |
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1317799488 |
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