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03056aam a22004098i 4500 001 EF3B11F62A8611EDB7025AE94EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220902011726 008 220103t20222022njua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021042475 020 $a 0691211183 020 $a 9780691211183 020 $a 0691217823 020 $a 9780691217826 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1277277940 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d OPW $d JAS $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a GR71 $b .M39 2022 082 00 $a 398.09 $2 23/eng/20220124 100 1 $a Mayor, Adrienne, $d 1946- $e author. 245 10 $a Flying snakes & griffin claws : $b and other classical myths, historical oddities, and scientific curiosities / $c Adrienne Mayor. 246 3 $a Flying snakes and griffin claws 250 $a First edition. 260 $a Princeton, New Jersey ; $b Princeton University Press, $c [2022] 300 $a xv, 420 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 2 $a Introduction: The Borderlands of Myth, History, and Science -- Animals: Fabulous, Real, and Extinct -- Formidable Women -- Curious History and Science -- Travelers, Tattoos, and Tyrants. 520 $a "A treasury of astonishing mythic marvels-and the surprising truths behind them. Adrienne Mayor is renowned for exploring the borders of history, science, archaeology, anthropology, and popular knowledge to find historical realities and scientific insights-glimmering, long-buried nuggets of truth-embedded in myth, legends, and folklore. Combing through ancient texts and obscure sources, she has spent decades prospecting for intriguing wonders and marvels, historical mysteries, diverting anecdotes, and hidden gems from antiquity, medieval, and modern times. Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws is a treasury of fifty of her most amazing and amusing discoveries.The book explores such subjects as how mirages inspired legends of cities in the sky; the true identity of winged serpents in ancient Egypt; how ghost ships led to the discovery of the Gulf Stream; and the beauty secrets of ancient Amazons. Other pieces examine Arthur Conan Doyle's sea serpent and Geronimo's dragon; Flaubert's obsession with ancient Carthage; ancient tattooing practices; and the strange relationship between wine goblets and women's breasts since the times of Helen of Troy and Marie Antoinette. And there's much, much more.Showcasing Mayor's trademark passion not to demythologize myths, but to uncover the fascinating truths buried beneath them, Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws is a wonder cabinet of delightful curiosities"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Folklore. 650 0 $a Curiosities and wonders. 941 $a 5 952 $l OPAX566 $d 20231108010313.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010024305.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20230822011158.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20221206012508.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20220902012334.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EF3B11F62A8611EDB7025AE94EECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search