Monsters in Greek Literature: Aberrant Bodies in Ancient Greek Cosmogony, Ethnography, and Biology
Author:   Fiona Mitchell (University of Birmingham, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   210
Publication Date:   31 May 2021
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Author:   Fiona Mitchell (University of Birmingham, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.426kg
ISBN:  

9780367555450


ISBN 10:   036755545
Pages:   210
Publication Date:   31 May 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part 1 – Cosmogony; Chapter 1 – Hesiod's Theogony; Chapter 2 – The Orphic Theogonies; Part 2 – Ethnography; Chapter 3 – Herodotus; Chapter 4 – Ctesias and Megasthenes; Part 3 – Biology; Chapter 5 – Aristotle; Conclusion; Index

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This study is a welcome contribution to an area of scholarship that is ripe for elaboration. The monstrous appears throughout all kinds of literature, and Fiona Mitchell has taken a group of texts and used their contrasting depictions of monsters to understand their relationship to one another and to the literature that follows them. I would describe this work as a generous and attentive survey. - Bryn Mawr Classical Review


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Fiona Mitchell is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham, UK. Her primary research interests are the representation of bodily abnormality in antiquity, creation narratives, and ancient conceptions of time. She has published chapters and articles on bodies in Greek cosmogonic narratives and omens in Herodotus, and is the editor of the forthcoming collection Time and Chronology in Creation Narratives.

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