Birds played an important role in the ancient world: as indicators of time, weather, and seasons; as a resource for hunting, medicine, and farming; as pets and entertainment; as omens and messengers of the gods. Jeremy Mynott explores the similarities and surprising differences between ancient perceptions of the natural world and our own.
Birds played an important role in the ancient world: as indicators of time, weather, and seasons; as a resource for hunting, medicine, and farming; as pets and entertainment; as omens and messengers of the gods. Jeremy Mynott explores the similarities and surprising differences between ancient perceptions of the natural world and our own.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Jeremy Mynott is the author of Birdscapes: Birds in Our Imagination and Experience (2009), a book exploring the variety of human responses to birds, described by reviewers as 'the finest book ever written about why we watch birds' (Guardian) and 'a wonderful rumination on birds and birders through space and time for anyone interested in our relationship with nature' (THES). He has also published an edition and translation of Thucydides in the series 'Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought' and, more recently, Knowing your Place, an account of the wildlife in a tiny Suffolk hamlet. He has broadcast on radio and television, and is a regular reviewer for the TLS and wildlife magazines, a founder member of 'New Networks for Nature', the former Chief Executive of Cambridge University Press, and Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge.
Inhaltsangabe
Birds in the Natural World 1: The Seasons 2: Weather 3: Time 4: Soundscapes Birds as a Resource 5: Hunting and Fowling 6: Cooking and Eating 7: Farming Living with Birds 8: Captivity and Domestication 9: Sports and Entertainments 10: Relationships and Responsibilities Invention and Discovery 11: Wonders: travellers' tales and tall stories 12: Medicine: folklore and science 13: Observation and Enquiry: the beginnings of ornithology Thinking with Birds 14: Omens and Auguries 15: Magic and Metamorphosis 16: Signs and Symbols Birds as Intermediaries 17: Fabulous Creatures 18: Messengers and Mediators 19: Mother Earth 20: Epilogue: then and now Appendix: some bird lists from ancient sources Biographies of authors quoted References Bibliography Bibliography Acknowledgements and picture credits
Birds in the Natural World 1: The Seasons 2: Weather 3: Time 4: Soundscapes Birds as a Resource 5: Hunting and Fowling 6: Cooking and Eating 7: Farming Living with Birds 8: Captivity and Domestication 9: Sports and Entertainments 10: Relationships and Responsibilities Invention and Discovery 11: Wonders: travellers' tales and tall stories 12: Medicine: folklore and science 13: Observation and Enquiry: the beginnings of ornithology Thinking with Birds 14: Omens and Auguries 15: Magic and Metamorphosis 16: Signs and Symbols Birds as Intermediaries 17: Fabulous Creatures 18: Messengers and Mediators 19: Mother Earth 20: Epilogue: then and now Appendix: some bird lists from ancient sources Biographies of authors quoted References Bibliography Bibliography Acknowledgements and picture credits
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