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Flying snakes & griffin claws : and other classical myths, historical oddities, and scientific curiosities / Adrienne Mayor.

by Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-

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Princeton University Press, 2022.

Essays -- 21st century.

Mythology, Scythian.

Literary curiosa.

9780691211183 (pbk.)

xv, 420 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.

Adrienne Mayor's books include The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome’s Deadliest Enemy, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology, and The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World (all Princeton). She is a research scholar in classics and the history of science at Stanford University.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This delightful collection of 50 mini-essays by Stanford University research scholar Adrienne Mayor answers some of the most fascinating questions readers wouldn’t otherwise have thought to ask themselves about classical folklore and the history of science... Mayor’s inquisitive spirit animates the answers she provides."

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