Monsters in Greek Literature: Aberrant Bodies in Ancient Greek Cosmogony, Ethnography, and Biology

by Fiona Mitchell

Book Overview

Monsters in Greek literature are often thought of as creatures which exist in mythological narratives, however, as this book shows, they appear in a much broader range of ancient sources and are used in creation narratives, ethnographic texts, and biology to explore the limits of the human body and of the human world.

This book provides an in-depth examination of the role of monstrosity in ancient Greek literature. In the past, monsters...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367556464
• ISBN13: 9780367556464
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"