Homo qu(a)erens animal albo filolog między kulturą a naturą
Homo qu(a)erens animal or a Philologist between Culture and Nature

The Parrot Case

Author(s): Robert A. Sucharski
Subject(s): Anthropology, Cultural history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: parrot; Hellenistic culture; Roman culture; zygodactyly
Summary/Abstract: The paper describes problems that a philologist may encounter when translating/interpreting/commenting on ancient texts about a parrot. Due to its foreignness and relatively late appearance in the Mediterranean world, the parrot is a good example of the difficulties encountered by a philologist working without the support of a zoologist. The parrot as a case example is at the same time a kind of synecdoche of much more complex problems, always appearing at the interface of disciplines.

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