Stories
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The origins and meanings of pharmacy symbols
What have snakes, unicorns and crocodiles got to do with pharmacies? The history of these modern signs goes back to the Greek gods.
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Plant portraits
The beautiful and mysterious illustrations in medieval herbals convey a wealth of knowledge about the plants they portray.
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The power of unicorns
Discover the unlikely connection between pharmaceuticals and unicorns.
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Western magic’s fascination with the foreigner
Could modern magic shows be perpetuating damaging cultural stereotypes? Shelley Saggar shows how ‘exotic’ costumes and imagery are far from harmless fun.
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The description of Greece, by Pausanias. Translated from the Greek. With notes, In which much of the Mythology of the Greeks is unfolded from a Theory which has been for many Ages unknown. And illustrated with maps and views elegantly engraved. In Three Volumes. ...
Pausanias.Date: MDCCXCIV. [1794]- Books
The Mythology of all races ... / Louis Herbert Gray ... editor George Foot Moore ... consulting editor.
Date: 1916-1932- Books
The first fossil hunters : paleontology in Greek and Roman times / Adrienne Mayor.
Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-Date: [2000], ©2000- Books
Greek mythology : an introduction / Fritz Graf ; translated by Thomas Marier.
Graf, Fritz.Date: 1996, ©1993- Books
Death and the maiden : girls' initiation rites in Greek mythology / Ken Dowden.
Dowden, Ken, 1950-Date: 1989