Drakon ̄ : Dragon Myth and Serpent Cult in the Greek and Roman Worlds / Daniel Ogden.

"Drakon: Dragon Myth and Serpent Cult in the Greek and Roman Wolrds is the first substantial survey to be focally devoted to the "dragon" or the supernatural serpent, the drakon or draco, in Greek and Roman myth and religion. Almost every major myth cycle of the Greek and Roman worlds featured a dra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ogden, Daniel
Language:English
Published: Oxford, U. K. : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Dragons > Mythology > Greece.
Dragons > Mythology > Rome.
Serpents > Mythology > Greece.
Serpents > Mythology > Rome.
Physical Description:xviii, 472 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Drakon Fights (i): Drakontes Pure
  • Drakon Fights (ii): Drakontes Composite
  • Fights with Kete, Sea-serpents
  • The World of the Slain Drakontes
  • Masters and Mistresses of Drakontes
  • The Symmetrical Battle between Drakon and Slayer
  • Drakontes, Earth and the Dead
  • Drakon Gods of Wealth and Good Luck
  • Drakon Gods of Healing
  • A Day in the Life of a Sacred Snake
  • The Birth of the Christian Dragon.