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Fontenrose, Joseph

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9780819602855: Python: A Study of Delphic Myth and Its Origins
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ISBN 10: 081960285X ISBN 13: 9780819602855
Publisher: Biblo-Moser, 1959

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Synopsis

Preface
Contents
Illustrations
Abbreviations Used in Footnotes
Introduction
1 Apollo & the Dragon
2 Kyknos & Other Bad Characters
3 Python & His Derivatives
4 Zeus & Typhon
5 Typhon & Python
6 Dragoness & Lamia
7 God & Dragon in the Nearer East
8 God & Dragon in Mesopotamia
9 God & Dragon in Egypt & India
10 Chaos & Cosmos
11 Perseus & Kadmos
12 Herakles
13 Earlier Forms of the Delphic Myth
14 The Corycian Cave
15 The Rituals
Conclusion
Appendices
Appendix 1: Charon & the Steersman of Argo
Appendix 2: Judith & Holofernes
Appendix 3: Combat Myths of China, Japan & America
Appendix 4: Saint George & the Dragon
Appendix 5: The Combat in Germanic Myth & Legend
Appendix 6: Dragons & Springs
Appendix 7: List of Art Works Illustrating the Python, Tityos, Kyknos & Typhon Combats
Bibliography
Indices
Index A
Index B: Index Locorum
Index C: General Index
Addenda

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  • PublisherBiblo-Moser
  • Publication date1959
  • ISBN 10 081960285X
  • ISBN 13 9780819602855
  • BindingPaperback
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Number of pages616
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