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• catalog abstract "This is the first translation into English of the Book of marvels, and the volume also contains an Introduction covering Phlegon's life and his writings, and the rise and nature of paradoxography as a literary genre; commentary on the texts; as well as translations of fragments of two other works: Olympiads, containing an account of the founding of the Olympic Games, and Long-lived persons, quoting from Roman census documents. 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; it belongs to the genre of literature known as paradoxography, or "the recording of marvels." Not only was it mined by later writers on wonders as well as by writers of books on ghosts and demonology, but it also inspired Goethe's well-known vampire ballad, The Bride of Corinth, a translation of which is included in this book. 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. It contains the only surviving extracts from the "Sibylline Books", the Roman state's collection of prophecies.".
• catalog alternative "Book of marvels".
• catalog alternative "Peri thaumasiōn. English".
• catalog contributor b9556616.
• catalog contributor b9556617.
• catalog contributor b9556618.
• catalog contributor b9556619.
• catalog contributor b9556620.
• catalog created "c1996.".
• catalog date "1996".
• catalog date "c1996.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographic references (p. [ix]-xvi) and index.".
• catalog description "Introduction -- Part I: Texts. Book of marvels ; Long-lived persons ; Olympiads -- Part II: Commentaries. Book of marvels ; Long-lived persons ; Olympiads -- Appendixes. Proklos : persons who died and returned to life ; Goethe : The bride of Corinth, trans. Breon Mitchell ; Philostratos : Achilleus' Ghost and the Trojan maiden.".
• catalog 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; it belongs to the genre of literature known as paradoxography, or "the recording of marvels." Not only was it mined by later writers on wonders as well as by writers of books on ghosts and demonology, but it also inspired Goethe's well-known vampire ballad, The Bride of Corinth, a translation of which is included in this book. 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. It contains the only surviving extracts from the "Sibylline Books", the Roman state's collection of prophecies.".
• catalog description "This is the first translation into English of the Book of marvels, and the volume also contains an Introduction covering Phlegon's life and his writings, and the rise and nature of paradoxography as a literary genre; commentary on the texts; as well as translations of fragments of two other works: Olympiads, containing an account of the founding of the Olympic Games, and Long-lived persons, quoting from Roman census documents.".
• catalog extent "xvi, 215 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Phlegon of Tralles' Book of marvels.".
• catalog identifier "0859894258 :".
• catalog isFormatOf "Phlegon of Tralles' Book of marvels.".
• catalog isPartOf "Exeter studies in history (Unnumbered)".
• catalog isPartOf "Exeter studies in history".
• catalog issued "1996".
• catalog issued "c1996.".
• catalog language "eng grc".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Exeter : University of Exeter Press,".
• catalog relation "Phlegon of Tralles' Book of marvels.".
• catalog subject "AG243 .P47 1996".
• catalog subject "Curiosities and wonders Early works to 1800.".
• catalog subject "Curiosities and wonders in literature.".
• catalog subject "Curiosities and wonders.".
• catalog subject "Folk literature Themes, motives.".
• catalog subject "Folk literature, Greek.".
• catalog subject "Phlegon, of Tralles. Book of marvels.".
• catalog subject "Phlegon, of Tralles.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Part I: Texts. Book of marvels ; Long-lived persons ; Olympiads -- Part II: Commentaries. Book of marvels ; Long-lived persons ; Olympiads -- Appendixes. Proklos : persons who died and returned to life ; Goethe : The bride of Corinth, trans. Breon Mitchell ; Philostratos : Achilleus' Ghost and the Trojan maiden.".
• catalog title "Book of marvels".
• catalog title "Peri thaumasiōn. English".
• catalog title "Phlegon of Tralles' Book of Marvels / translated with an introduction and commentary by William Hansen.".
• catalog type "Early works. fast".
• catalog type "text".