目前查詢
歷史查詢
Birds in the ancient world :winged words /
- 館藏(1)
- 書目資訊
- 心得(0)
- 機讀格式
- 標籤
書名 ： Birds in the ancient world :winged words /
紀錄類型 ： 書目-語言資料,印刷品: 單行本
正題名[資料類型標示]/作者 ： Birds in the ancient world :Jeremy Mynott.
其他題名 ： winged words /
作者 ： Mynott, Jeremy.
出版者 ： Oxford ;Oxford University Press,2018.
面頁冊數 ： xvii, 451 p. :ill. (chiefly col.), maps ;25 cm.
內容註 ： 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.
標題 ： Birds
ISBN ： 0198713657 (hbk.)
發表心得
LEADER 02252cam 2200229 a 4500
001 981997
005 20180924175745.0
008 191104s2018 enkab d b 001 0 eng d
010 $a2017946194
020 $a0198713657 (hbk.)
020 $a9780198713654 (hbk.) :$cGBP30
035 $a(OCoLC)on1005123621
035 $a19737334
040 $aYDX$beng$cYDX$dNZWPM$dYDX$dNZAUC$dOCLCF$dOCLCA$dCHVBK$dOCLCO$dGUA$dVP@$dYAM$dDLC$dTWTNM
042 $alccopycat
050 00$aQL690.G8$bM96 2018
082 04$a598.0938$223
100 1 $aMynott, Jeremy.
245 10$aBirds in the ancient world :$bwinged words /$cJeremy Mynott.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York, NY :$bOxford University Press,$c2018.
300 $axvii, 451 p. :$bill. (chiefly col.), maps ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [417]-426) and index.
505 0 $aPreface -- 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.
520 $a"Birds pervaded the ancient world. The impressed their physical presence on the daily experience and imaginations of ordinary people in town and country alike, and figured prominently in literature and art. They also provided a fertile source of symbols and stories in their myths and folklore, and were central to the ancient rituals of augury and divination. Jeremy Mynott's Birds in the ancient world: winged words brings together all this rich and fascinating material for the modern reader"--$cInside dust jacket
650 0$aBirds$vFolklore.
650 0$aBirds$xMythology.
650 0$aBirds$zGreece$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0$aBirds$zRome$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0$aCivilization, Classical.
650 0$aAnimals and civilization$zGreece.
650 0$aAnimals and civilization$zRome.