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Studies in Classical Literature and Culture

The Monstrous World

Corporeal Discourses in Phlegon of Tralles’ «Mirabilia»

Doroszewska, Julia

The Monstrous World

Studies in Classical Literature and Culture

The Monstrous World

Corporeal Discourses in Phlegon of Tralles’ «Mirabilia»

Studies in Classical Literature and Culture: The Monstrous World

 

Revenants, oracular heads, hermaphrodites, sex-changers, human-animal children, multiple pregnancies, births, body features ... This is just a sample of subjects that Phlegon of Tralles explored in the 2nd century AD in his "Mirabilia".

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Beschrijving Studies in Classical Literature and Culture: The Monstrous World

The cultural category of monster is the key to understanding the "Mirabilia" by Phlegon of Tralles. Applied to Phlegon’s 35 marvelous stories, this category allows all his reported cases to be defined as either hybrid creatures, or as beings monstrous in terms of scale, size or multiplicity. In each case corporeality receives the greatest emphasis.

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9783631656266
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189
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Studies in Classical Literature and Culture
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680
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Engels
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