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PHLEGON OF TRALLES' BOOK OF MARVELS
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| By: |
William Hansen (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£24.99 |
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£23.74 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0859894258 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780859894258 |
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| Publisher: |
LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1997 |
| Series: |
Exeter Studies in History S. |
| Pages: |
232 |
| Translated from: |
Greek, Modern (1453-) |
| Description: |
A compilation of events of a grotesque, bizarre or sensational nature. It is arranged thematically: Ghosts; Sex-Changers and Hermaphrodites; Finds of Giant Bones; Monstrous Births; Births from Males; Amazing Multiple Births; Abnormally Rapid Development of Human Beings; and Discoveries of Live Centaurs. |
| Synopsis: |
The Book of Marvels, a compilation of marvellous events of a grotesque, bizarre or sensational nature, was composed in the second century A.D. by Phlegon of Tralles, a Greek freedman of the Roman emperor Hadrian. This remarkable text is the earliest surviving work of pure sensationalism in Western literature. The Book is arranged thematically: Ghosts; Sex-Changers and Hermaphrodites; Finds of Giant Bones; Monstrous Births; Births from Males; Amazing Multiple Births; Abnormally Rapid Development of Human Beings; and Discoveries of Live Centaurs. This volume also contains and Introduction and commentary on the texts, as well as translations of fragments of two other works and a translation of Goethe's well-known vampire poem, The Bride of Corinth, which was inspired by Phlegon's Book of Marvels. |
| Illustrations: |
index |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
University of Exeter Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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