A01=Robert D. Lamberton
A01=Susan I Rotroff
Author_Robert D. Lamberton
Author_Susan I Rotroff
Category=NKD
Category=YNH
Category=YNNB
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Mediterranean Archaeology
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- ISBN 9780876616277
- Weight: 71g
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 21 Nov 1985
- Publisher: American School of Classical Studies at Athens
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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As well as the Little Owl or glaux, so often seen accompanying the goddess Athena, many other birds played an important role in Greek art and symbolism. This booklet describes the ways in which the Greeks viewed birds, from useful hawks and fowl to exotic parakeets and peacocks. Some of the birds most often depicted are imaginary, from the griffin to the phallos bird, whose head and neck consisted of an erect penis. The book ends with a field guide to species likely to be seen on a visit to the Agora archaeological park today.
Robert D. Lamberton is Professor of Classics at Washington University in St. Louis.
Susan I. Rotroff is the Jarvis Thurston and Mona Van Duyn Professor in the Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis.
