PYTHON: A STUDY OF DELPHIC MYTH AND ITS ORIGINS

Fontenrose, Joseph

ISBN 10: 0520041062 / ISBN 13: 9780520041066

Published by University of California Press [1980], Berkeley, 1980

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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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: PYTHON: A STUDY OF DELPHIC MYTH AND ITS ORIGINS
• Publisher: University of California Press [1980], Berkeley
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520041062
• ISBN 13: 9780520041066
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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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