1st Edition

Birds in the Ancient World from A to Z

By W. Geoffrey Arnott Copyright 2007
304 Pages
by Routledge

302 Pages
by Routledge

303 Pages
by Routledge

Birds in the Ancient World from A to Z gathers together the ancient information available, listing all the names that ancient Greeks gave their birds and all their descriptions and analyses. W. Geoffrey Arnott identifies as many of them as possible in the light of modern ornithological studies. The ancient Greek bird names are transliterated into English script, and all that the ancients said... Read more
Preface.  Symbols and Abbreviations.  Ancient Birds from A to Z.  Bibliography.  Index of English Bird Names

Biography

W. Geoffrey Arnott is former Professor of Greek at the University of Leeds and Fellow of the British Academy. His publications include Alexis: The Fragments (1996) and an edition of Menander in three volumes (1979, 1996 and 2000). He was also a former president of the Leeds Birdwatchers’ Club.