Birds in the Ancient World

Auteur: Mynott, Jeremy (Former Chief Executive of Cambridge University Press, and Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge)
Editeur: Oxford University Press
Birds played an important role in the ancient world: as indicators of time, weather, and seasons; as a resource for hunting, medicine, and farming; as pets and entertainment; as omens and messengers of the gods. Jeremy Mynott explores the similarities and surprising differences between ancient perceptions of the natural world and our own.
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Birds played an important role in the ancient world: as indicators of time, weather, and seasons; as a resource for hunting, medicine, and farming; as pets and entertainment; as omens and messengers of the gods. Jeremy Mynott explores the similarities and surprising differences between ancient perceptions of the natural world and our own.
ISBN / EAN 9780198853114
Auteur Mynott, Jeremy (Former Chief Executive of Cambridge University Press, and Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge)
Editeur Oxford University Press