The Centaur’s Smile; The Human Animal in Early Greek Art,9780300101638

The Centaur’s Smile; The Human Animal in Early Greek Art

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ISBN13: 9780300101638
ISBN10: 0300101635
Format: Trade Book
Pub. Date: 2003-09-10
Publisher(s): Other Distribution
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Summary

- Distributed for the Princeton University Art Museum

Author Biography

Despoina Tsiafakis is assistant professor and classical archaeologist at the Cultural and Educational Technology Institute, Xanthi, Greece.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Preface viii
Lenders to the Exhibition xii
Abbreviations xiii
Museum Names
Publications
Map of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Near East
xviii
Notes to the Reader xx
Horse Men: Centaurs and Satyrs in Early Greek Art
3(46)
J. Michael Padgett
The Human Animal: The Near East and Greece
49(24)
William A.P. Childs
``ΠEΛΩPA'': Fabulous Creatures and/or Demons of Death?
73(34)
Despoina Tsiafakis
Catalogue of the Exhibition
107(252)
Egyptian and Near Eastern Mischwesen (cat. nos. 1--12)
108(25)
Centaurs (cat. nos. 13--46)
133(91)
Horsemen (cat. nos. 47--52)
224(12)
Satyrs (cat. nos. 53--62)
236(25)
Sphinxes (cat. nos. 63--72)
261(23)
Sirens (cat. nos. 73--80)
284(20)
Gorgons (cat. nos. 81--90)
304(26)
Minotaur (cat. no. 91)
330(3)
Acheloos (cat. nos. 92--93)
333(6)
Nereus and Triton (cat. nos. 94--97)
339(10)
Typhon (cat. no. 98)
349(4)
Pan (cat. nos. 99--100)
353(6)
Glossary 359(6)
Bibliography of Works Cited 365(31)
Photography and Drawing Credits 396(1)
Index 397

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