Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore by Adrienne Mayor #foliosociety Anthony Grafton's wonderfully original book

Anthony Grafton's wonderfully original book discusses the careers of men who somehow managed to be both figures of startling genius and - by some measures - credulous or worse

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Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore by Adrienne Mayor #foliosociety Anthony Grafton's wonderfully original bookFrom acclaimed folklorist and historian Adrienne Mayor, an enchanting collection of the ancient myths that emerged out of the wondersand disastersof the natural world. Mythopedia is a fun, fact filled A Z treasury of myths inspired by natural events. Bringing together fifty legends from antiquity to the present, this delightfully entertaining book takes you around the world to explore sunken kingdoms and lost cities, accursed mountains and treacherous