Drakōn [electronic resource] : dragon myth and serpent cult in the Greek and Roman worlds / Daniel Ogden.
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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press,
2013.
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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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191745997 (ebook) |
| DOI: | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199557325.001.0001 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Mar. 12, 2013) |