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PrefaceContentsIllustrationsAbbreviations Used in FootnotesIntroduction1 Apollo & the Dragon2 Kyknos & Other Bad Characters3 Python & His Derivatives4 Zeus & Typhon5 Typhon & Python6 Dragoness & Lamia7 God & Dragon in the Nearer East8 God & Dragon in Mesopotamia9 God & Dragon in Egypt & India10 Chaos & Cosmos11 Perseus & Kadmos12 Herakles13 Earlier Forms of the Delphic Myth14 The Corycian Cave15 The RitualsConclusionAppendicesAppendix 1: Charon & the Steersman of ArgoAppendix 2: Judith & HolofernesAppendix 3: Combat Myths of China, Japan & AmericaAppendix 4: Saint George & the DragonAppendix 5: The Combat in Germanic Myth & LegendAppendix 6: Dragons & SpringsAppendix 7: List of Art Works Illustrating the Python, Tityos, Kyknos & Typhon CombatsBibliographyIndicesIndex AIndex Index LocorumIndex General IndexAddenda
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PYTHON: A STUDY OF DELPHIC MYTH AND ITS ORIGINS
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University of California Press [1980], Berkeley, 1980
ISBN 10: 0520041062
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Hardcover. Fabulous resource for the study of the oracle! Better than Good in green cloth; a bit beat up; top edge dirty; front edges of boards are frayed and worn; contents clean and unmarked. California Library Reprint Series Edition. Seller Inventory # 04770