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In the third century A.D. appeared four works on animals : two poems in Greek - Cynegetica , consisting of four books on hunting , and Halieutica , consisting of five books on fishing - by Oppian ; Collectanea Rerum Memorabilium ...
In the third century A.D. appeared four works on animals : two poems in Greek - Cynegetica , consisting of four books on hunting , and Halieutica , consisting of five books on fishing - by Oppian ; Collectanea Rerum Memorabilium ...
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The romances drew their animal lore chiefly from ancient Greek and Roman mythology and from Aesopic material . The conflict in which a knight overcame a dragon , a lion , or some other beast is well known as a conventional incident in ...
The romances drew their animal lore chiefly from ancient Greek and Roman mythology and from Aesopic material . The conflict in which a knight overcame a dragon , a lion , or some other beast is well known as a conventional incident in ...
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29 In a piece of literary criticism , he contrasts what he seems to consider the barbarous rudeness of that versification which did not follow Greek models with the excellence of Greek poetry . Even here he employs conventional animal ...
29 In a piece of literary criticism , he contrasts what he seems to consider the barbarous rudeness of that versification which did not follow Greek models with the excellence of Greek poetry . Even here he employs conventional animal ...
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| Title | Animal Conventions in English Renaissance Non-religious Prose, 1550-1600 |
| Author | William Meredith Carroll |
| Publisher | Bookman Associates, 1954 |
| Length | 166 pages |
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