Birds in the ancient world: winged words 9780198853114, 0198853114
Birds pervaded the ancient world, impressing their physical presence on the daily experience and imaginations of ordinar
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English Pages x, 451 pages: illustrations (chiefly colour), maps; 24 cm [476] Year 2020
Table of contents :
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.
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.
