Python: A Study of Delphic Myth and It’s Origins by by Joseph Fontenrose

$75.00

Python: A Study of Delphic Myth and It’s Origins by by Joseph Fontenrose, published in 1975. Sections Include: Themes of the Combat Myth, Python and Delphine, Tityos, Kyrnos and Other Bad Characters, Typhon and Python, Dragoness and Lamia, God and the Dragon in the Nearer East, Hittite Dragon and Demon, Baal’s Combats with Sea and Death, God and Dragon in Mesopotamia, Tammuz and Bilulu, God and Dragon in Egypt and India, Egyptian Myths, The Chaos Demons, Gigantomachy, The Dying God, Demoness and Love Goddess, etc. etc. Hardcover with light shelfwear. Previous owners name on text block end.