| Phlegon of Tralles' Book of Marvels Contributor(s): Hansen, William (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0859894258 ISBN-13: 9780859894258 Publisher: Liverpool University Press OUR PRICE: $49.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval - History | Ancient - General - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 888 |
| Series: Exeter Studies in History |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.6 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Book of Marvels, a compilation of marvellous events of a grotesque, bizarre or sensational nature, was composed in the second century A.D. by Phlegon of Tralles, a Greek freedman of the Roman emperor Hadrian. This remarkable text is the earliest surviving work of pure sensationalism in Western literature. The Book is arranged thematically: Ghosts; Sex-Changers and Hermaphrodites; Finds of Giant Bones; Monstrous Births; Births from Males; Amazing Multiple Births; Abnormally Rapid Development of Human Beings; Discoveries of Live Centaurs. This volume also contains and Introduction and commentary on the texts, as well as translations of fragments of two other works and a translation of Goethe's well-known vampire poem, The Bride of Corinth, which was inspired by Phlegon's Book of Marvels. |