BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PLATES; GENERAL SERIES INTRODUCTION; INTRODUCTION; 1 ARISTOTLE AND THE NATURES OF THINGS; 2 THEOPHRASTUS, PLANTS AND ELEPHANTS; 3 GEOGRAPHY AND NATURAL HISTORY; 4 GREECE AND ROME; 5 THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PLINY; 6 ANIMALS AND PARABLES; NOTES; INDEX
Summary
Ancient Natural History surveys the ways in which people in the ancient world thought about nature and finds that the same material was used to justify both Greek philosopher and Christian allegorist
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-348) and index
