volume 6

MONSTERS AND MONSTROSITY IN GREEK AND ROMAN CULTURE

edited by Catherine Atherton, Bari, Levante, ottobre 2002, pp. 135, € 25,00

Contents: Notes on contributors - Introduction by C. Atherton - 1. Representing monstrosity: polyphemus in the Odyssey, R.J. Clare - 2. Monsters, ogres and demons in Old Comedy, A.H. Sommerstein - 3. "Foul monster or good saviour?" Reflections on ritual monsters, I. Lada-Richards - 4. The myth of Talos, R, Buxton - 5. Man and beast in the religious imagination of the Roman Empire, K. Dowden.

ISBN 88-7949-290-X