Aelian's On the Nature of Animals
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Aelian's "On the Nature of Animals" is an ancient Greek miscellany that compiles curious anecdotes, moralizing stories, and observations about animal behavior drawn from earlier writers and folklore.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aelian's On the Nature of Animals canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
ancient Greek work
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didactic literature ⓘ zoological miscellany ⓘ |
| author |
Aelian
NERFINISHED
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Claudius Aelianus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
earlier Greek zoological literature
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folklore ⓘ |
| circulation |
known in the Latin Middle Ages through translations and excerpts
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widely read in Byzantium ⓘ |
| contains |
anecdotes
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folkloric material ⓘ moralizing stories ⓘ reports from earlier writers ⓘ |
| dateWritten | early 3rd century CE ⓘ |
| focus |
exemplary animal behaviors
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individual animal species ⓘ |
| genre |
moralizing anecdote collection
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natural history ⓘ paradoxography ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| historicalValue |
evidence for ancient folklore
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source for ancient beliefs about animals ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle's zoological works
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Hellenistic paradoxography NERFINISHED ⓘ Pliny the Elder's Natural History NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStyle | Attic Greek ⓘ |
| latinTitle | De Natura Animalium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryCharacter |
miscellany
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non‑systematic ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
animal behavior
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animals ⓘ marvels of nature ⓘ |
| notableFor |
curious and marvelous animal stories
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moral reflections attached to animal anecdotes ⓘ preservation of lost earlier sources ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 17 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
entertainment
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moral instruction ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Aelian's Varia Historia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scholarlyUse |
source for classical philology
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source for history of ethics and exempla literature ⓘ source for history of zoology ⓘ |
| structure | short chapters ⓘ |
| titleInGreek | Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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