Birds in the Ancient World: Winged Words [Audiobook] download free by Jeremy Mynott
- Listen audiobook: Birds in the Ancient World: Winged Words
- Author: Jeremy Mynott
- Release date: 2018/11/24
- Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Natural History
- ISBN: 9780198713654
- Rating: 7.31 of 10
- Votes: 721
- Review by: Jakob Hutchens
- Review rating: 9.98 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/9/20
- Duration: 6H7M56S in 256 kbps (96 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-25
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: MP3, FLAC, WMA, WAV, AIFF, MPEG4, ATRAC, MOD (compression RAR, EML, AZW3, AZW, ZIP, ACE, ALZ)
- Total pages original book: 480
- Includes a PDF summary of 44 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 33M51S (8.8 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Birds pervaded the ancient world, impressing their physical presence on the daily experience and imaginations of ordinary people and figuring prominently in literature and art. They provided a fertile source of symbols and stories in myths and folklore and were central to the ancient rituals of augury and divination. Jeremy Mynott's Birds in the Ancient World illustrates the many different roles birds played in culture: as indicators of time, weather and the seasons; as a resource for hunting, eating, medicine and farming; as domestic pets and entertainments; and as omens and intermediaries between the gods and humankind.We learn how birds were perceived - through quotations from well over a hundred classical Greek and Roman authors, all of them translated freshly into English, through nearly 100 illustrations from ancient wall-paintings, pottery and mosaics, and through selections from early scientific writings, and many anecdotes and descriptions from works of history, geography and travel.Jeremy Mynott acts as a stimulating guide to this rich and fascinating material, using birds as a prism through which to explore both the similarities and the often surprising differences between ancient conceptions of the natural world and our own. His book is an original contribution to the flourishing interest in the cultural history of birds and to our understanding of the ancient cultures in which birds played such a prominent part.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Social & Cultural History, Ancient History: To C 500 CE, Birds (ornithology), Wildlife: Birds & Birdwatching, Classical History / Classical Civilisation, Animals & Nature In Art (still Life, Landscapes & Seascapes, Etc)
- Download servers: FileServe, 4Shared, Mediafire, FreakShare, Microsoft OneDrive, Uploaded, FileInvite, Casebox. Compressed in RAR, EML, AZW3, AZW, ZIP, ACE, ALZ
- Format: Hardback
- Approximate value: 47.99 USD
- Dimensions: 164x242x31mm
- Weight: 942g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: Oxford, United Kingdom
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