The first fossil hunters : dinosaurs, mammoths, and myth in Greek and Roman times
Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-2023
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Griffins, Centaurs, Cyclopes, and Giants - these fabulous creatures of classical mythology continue to live in the modern imagination through the vivid accounts that have come down to us from the ancient Greeks and Romans. But what if these beings were more than merely fictions? What if monstrous creatures once roamed the earth in the very places where their legends first arose? This is the arresting and original thesis that Adrienne Mayor explores in this book. Through careful research and meticulous documentation, she convincingly shows that many of the giants and monsters of myth did have a basis in fact - in the enormous bones of long-extinct species that were once abundant in the lands of the Greeks and Romans.
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Author:
Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-, author
Edition:
New edition / new introduction by the author.
Imprint:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2023.
Collation:
400 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Notes:
This edition originally published: 2011.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780691245607 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
560.938
Language:
English
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BRN:
2607417
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