Close Encounters of the Feathered Kind: Orpheus and the Birds

Birds were observed in divinatory rituals in antiquity. This was the most significant process that regularly involved looking closely at birds. At the same time, birds were intimately connected to human perceptions of the natural world and, through their capacity to ascend skywards, with the superna...

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Published in:	Arts
Main Author:	Zofia Halina Archibald
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2024-10-01
Subjects:	birds in antiquity human–animal hybrids bird bones divination Macedonia Thrace
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/13/5/153