Gierszewska, Maria2014-03-062014-03-062012Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium, 2012, nr XXII/1, s. 167-186978-83-7654-082-50302-7384http://hdl.handle.net/10593/10276This 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.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.pldragonsmythologymythtoposmotivehybridesArtykuł