Drakōn : dragon myth and serpent cult in the Greek and Roman worlds
Ogden, DanielAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2013.
This volume explores the dragon or the supernatural serpent in Graeco-Roman myth and religion. It incorporates analyses, with comprehensive accounts of the rich literary and iconographic sources, for the principal dragons of myth, and discusses matters of cult and the paradoxical association of dragons and serpents with the most benign of deities.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
This volume explores the dragon or the supernatural serpent in Graeco-Roman myth and religion. It incorporates analyses, with comprehensive accounts of the rich literary and iconographic sources, for the principal dragons of myth, and discusses matters of cult and the paradoxical association of dragons and serpents with the most benign of deities.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Mar. 12, 2013).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Drakon Fights (i): Drakontes Pure -- Drakon Fights (ii): Drakontes Composite -- Fights with Kete, Sea-serpents -- The World of the Slain Drakontes -- Masters and Mistresses of Drakontes -- The Symmetrical Battle between Drakon and Slayer -- Drakontes, Earth and the Dead -- Drakon Gods of Wealth and Good Luck -- Drakon Gods of Healing -- A Day in the Life of a Sacred Snake -- The Birth of the Christian Dragon.
Dragons
Dragons
Serpents
Serpents
Religion
Philosophy & Religion
European Religions - pre-Christian