Smoki jako istoty mieszane. Funkcjonowanie w literaturze greckiej i rzymskiej
Wydawnictwo Poznańskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk
Dragons as hybrides. Functionnig in Greek and Roman literature
The purpouse of this paper is to present functioning of dragons in Greek and Roman literature. Main aim is to
show diffrent ways of creating dragon-like creatures by ancient authores and to give a perspective on each of
three models of their appearance.
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.
dragons, mythology, myth, topos, motive, hybrides
Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium, 2012, nr XXII/1, s. 167-186
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