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873762
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Mynott, Jeremy
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| Title & Author
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Birds in the ancient world : : winged words /\ Jeremy Mynott.
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| Edition Statement
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First edition.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York, NY :: Oxford University Press,, 2018.
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xvii, 451 pages :: illustrations (chiefly colour), maps ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0198713657
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: 9780198713654
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-426) and indexes.
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| Contents
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Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Notes for readers -- List of illustrations -- Timeline -- Maps of the classical world in the first century AD -- 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 entertainments ; 10. Relationships and responsibilities -- Part 4. Invention and discovery. Introduction ; 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. Introduction ; 17. Fabulous creatures ; 18. Messengers and mediators ; 19. Mother Earth -- 20. Epilogue -- Appendix: Some bird lists from ancient sources -- Biographies of authors quoted.
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"Birds pervaded the ancient world. They impressed their physical presence on the daily experience and imaginations of ordinary people in town and country alike, and figured prominently in literature and art. They also provided a fertile source of symbols and stories in their myths and folklore, and were central to the ancient rituals of augury and divination. Jeremy Mynott's Birds in the ancient world: winged words brings together all this rich and fascinating material for the modern reader"--Inside dust jacket
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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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Birds-- Mythology.
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Birds-- Social aspects-- Greece-- History-- To 1500.
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Birds-- Social aspects-- Rome-- History-- To 1500.
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Birds-- Symbolic aspects.
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Birds-- Greece-- History-- To 1500.
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Birds-- Rome-- History-- To 1500.
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Civilization, Classical.
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Altertum
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Animals and civilization.
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Birds-- Mythology.
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Birds-- Social aspects.
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Birds-- Symbolic aspects.
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Birds.
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Civilization, Classical.
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Vögel
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Birds.
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Greece.
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Rome (Empire)
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| Dewey Classification
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598.0938
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| LC Classification
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QL690.G8M96 2018
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