Birds in the Ancient World From a to Z

Informationen zum Autor W. Geoffrey Arnott is former Professor of Greek at the University of Leeds and Fellow of the British Academy. His publications include Alexis: The Fragments (1996) and an edition of Menander in three volumes (1979, 1996 and 2000). He was also a former president of the Leeds Birdwatchers' Club. Klappentext First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung Gathers together the ancient information available, listing various names that ancient Greeks gave their birds and their descriptions and analyses. This book presents a discussion of ancient bird names that can be accessible to readers without ancient Greek. It includes an examination of ancient birds for seventy years, and has a bibliography. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface.  Symbols and Abbreviations.  Ancient Birds from A to Z.  Bibliography.  Index of English Bird Names

Product details

• Authors: W. Geoffrey Arnott, W. Geoffrey (Emeritus Professor Arnott, Arnott W. Geoffrey
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.08.2007
• EAN: 9780415238519
• ISBN: 978-0-415-23851-9
• No. of pages: 302
• Series: The Ancient World from A to Z
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient Greece, NATURE / Birdwatching Guides, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation