The Monstrous World

Corporeal Discourses in Phlegon of Tralles «Mirabilia»

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Foreign Languages, Greek (Modern), Italian, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Ancient & Classical
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Author: Julia Doroszewska ISBN: 9783631695791
Publisher: Peter Lang Publication: August 9, 2016
Imprint: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Language: English
Author: Julia Doroszewska
ISBN: 9783631695791
Publisher: Peter Lang
Publication: August 9, 2016
Imprint: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Language: English

Revenants, oracular heads, hermaphrodites, sex-changers, human-animal children, multiple pregnancies, births, body features … This is just a sample of subjects that Phlegon of Tralles explored in the 2nd century AD in his "Mirabilia". This study identifies the common motifs of Phlegon’s text and determines his criterion of selection: using the cultural category of "monster", it argues that Phlegon exclusively collected stories of either hybrid creatures or human "record-breakers" with respect to scale, size and multiplicity of their corporeal features. In this light, the "Mirabilia" appear to be a book on monsters and the monstrous that corresponds with a general fondness for marvels and oddities during the Roman imperial period.

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Revenants, oracular heads, hermaphrodites, sex-changers, human-animal children, multiple pregnancies, births, body features … This is just a sample of subjects that Phlegon of Tralles explored in the 2nd century AD in his "Mirabilia". This study identifies the common motifs of Phlegon’s text and determines his criterion of selection: using the cultural category of "monster", it argues that Phlegon exclusively collected stories of either hybrid creatures or human "record-breakers" with respect to scale, size and multiplicity of their corporeal features. In this light, the "Mirabilia" appear to be a book on monsters and the monstrous that corresponds with a general fondness for marvels and oddities during the Roman imperial period.

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