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In this paper John Bonnel argues that the representation of the serpent in Eden as having a human head originated in the
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T h e Serpent with a H u m a n H e a d in Art and in Mystery Play
A n a l e c t a Gorgiana
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The Serpent with a Human Head in Art and in Mystery Play
John Bonnel
l gorgias press 2009
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ISBN 978-1-60724-440-0
ISSN 1935-6854
Extract from The A^merican Journal of Archaeology, vol. 21 (1917).
Printed in the LTnited States of America
THE SERPENT
WITH
A HUMAN
HEAD
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t i o n of t h e m y s t e r y p l a y stage, a convention m u c h more c o m m o n and widespread t h a n has heretofore been recognised: indeed, i t seems t o m e , w i t h t h e exception of t h e A n g l o - N o r m a n Adam play, a l m o s t universal. JOHN K .
BONNELL.
UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY, ANNAPOLIS,
MD.
And he gives the following citations: "Philostr. in Ap.—Horat. Art. Poet. v. 340—Plut. de Curios—Dion." But in all these references the only thing suggesting the serpent is Apollonius' warning to Menippus: " ¡ihroi" tlirtv "o KOKOS re nai into T&V KakSiv yvvatK&v drjpevdfxevos'¿4>ii'SaX-weis ko.1