Smoki jako istoty mieszane. Funkcjonowanie w literaturze greckiej i rzymskiej

• Authors: Gierszewska Maria

Title variants

EN

Dragons as hybrides. Functionnig in Greek and Roman literature

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

This paper focuses on dragons in Greek and Roman literature. They are be concerned both as a motif and as a topos. Showing their role in textes may help in understanding the phenomenon and popularity of dragons nowadays. By analizing their apperance in textes of ancient Greek and Roman literature the division into three main groups is made: dragon as an enemy of a hero, as a guard of a virgin and as a watchman of tresaures.

Keywords

EN

dragons; mythology; myth; topos; motive; hybrides

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 167-186

Dates

published

2012-06-30

Contributors

author

Gierszewska Maria

• Pracownia Humanistycznych Studiów Intersyscyplinarnych Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza, ul. Fredry 10. 61-701 Poznań, Poland