Patterned after the classic glossaries of D'Arcy Thompson, this meticulous survey of the fourteen main insects that appear in ancient Greek lore examines not only the ancient literature and the enormous secondary literature connected with it, but also the most recent scientific findings.
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Patterned after the classic glossaries of D'Arcy Thompson, this meticulous survey of the fourteen main insects that appear in ancient Greek lore examines not only the ancient literature and the enormous secondary literature connected with it, but also the most recent scientific findings.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Text is unmarked; pages are bright, though the page edges are foxed. Binding is sturdy. Dust jacket shows some light wear around the edges.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0195205480. Slight sunfade on back cover of DJ. Partial residue from old sticker on flhyleaf.; B and w photos; 5.63 X 0.75 X 8.75 inches; 208 pages.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate neatly affixed to pastedown, otherwise clean and unmarked, tight binding, bit of edge wear to dust jacket, ships with tracking, cross listed, box 95. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 211 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. 1st printing of 1st edition. Fine hardcover in Near Fine DJ. Maroon cloth over boards, gilt stamped titles on spine. Bright, clean, square covers and spine are As New; tightly bound; bright, crisp, clean interior. DJ is bright, clean and complete; very slight fading. 8vo, 211 pp; indexes; illustrated.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0195205480. Faint shelfwear to book and DJ.; 208 pages; This authoritative study of Greek insects treats not only the obvious questions of their identity--in modern terms of species and genera--but also such topics as the etymologies (both formal and popular) of the various insect names, the folklore, religious and other signficant associations, and the differences in attitude shown toward them by the ancient and modern world. Patterned after two famous studies by D'Arcy Thompson--A Glossary of Greek Birds and A Glossary of Greek Fishes--this volume provides a meticulous survey of the topic, examining the ancient literature and the enormous secondary literature connected with it, as well as the most recent scientific findings. Like Thompson's glossaries, this work focuses primarily on evidence from literature and art, with later evidence brought in only when needed for a full understanding of the facts. Compiled by a classics scholar working with a zoologist, this glossary provides alphabetically-arranged entries on such common insects as the ant, the louse, the butterfly, the wasp, the bedbug, the cricket, and the praying mantis. The first comprehensive study on this subject, Greek Insects belongs on the bookshelf of every Greek scholar, and it will be of considerable interest to educated readers.
