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Drakåon 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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ogden, Daniel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2013, 2013
Subjects:
Dragons / Greece
Dragons / Rome
Serpents / Mythology / Greece
Serpents / Mythology / Rome
Serpents / Religious Aspects
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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
Physical Description:1 online resource ill
ISBN:9780191745997

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