Birds in the ancient world : winged words / Jeremy Mynott.

"Birds pervaded the ancient world. The 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,...

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Main Author: Mynott, Jeremy (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Oxford] ; [New York, NY] : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-426) and indexes. 
505 0 |a 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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