Python - Hardcover

Joseph Eddy Fontenrose

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520041062 ISBN 13: 9780520041066

Publisher: University of California Press (Berkeley/LA), 1981

Synopsis

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

Edition details

• Publisher: University of California Press (Berkeley/LA)
• Publication date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520041062
• ISBN 13: 9780520041066
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 637