This site is run by me, Daniel Ogden, Professor of Ancient History in the University of Exeter. I had splendid help in getting the initial bulk of material mounted from Matilda Chapman, who worked with me through our university’s internship scheme. The starting-point is the texts collected for my three books on the ancient and medieval dragon:
- Ogden, D. 2013. Drakōn: Dragon Myth and Serpent Cult in the Greek and Roman World. OUP: Oxford.
- Ogden, D. 2013. Dragons, Serpents and Slayers in the Classical and Early Christian Worlds: A Sourcebook. OUP USA: New York.
- Ogden, D. (forthcoming) The Dragon in the West. OUP: Oxford.
The texts on the Classical Dragon tab are (for the most part) supplied only in their original Greek or Latin forms and without translations (mine or others’): this is to avoid compromising OUP’s copyright in relation to the Dragons, Serpents and Slayers book.
This is a broader selection of my books, many of which deal with other aspects of traditional narratives, and of the fantastical, in the ancient world:
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Greek Bastardy in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods (1996) |
The Crooked Kings of Ancient Greece (1997) | Athlone History of Witchcraft and Magic in Europe. Vol. 2. (1999) | Polygamy, Prostitutes and Death. The Hellenistic Dynasties (1999) |
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| Greek and Roman Necromancy (2001) | Magic, witchcraft and ghosts in the Greek and Roman worlds (2002) | The Hellenistic World. New Perspectives (2002) |
Aristomenes of Messene. Legends of Sparta’s Nemesis (2003) |
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Bruxaria e Magia na Europa: Grécia Antiga e Roma.(2004) |
A Companion to Greek Religion (2007) | In Search of the Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2007) |
Perseus (2008) |
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Night’s Black Agents (2008)
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Magic, witchcraft and ghosts in the Greek and Roman worlds. Second ed.(2009) | Nekromantie: Das antike Wissen über die Totenbeschwörung durch Magie (2010)
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Philip II and Alexander the Great: Father and Son, Lives and Afterlives (2010) |
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Alexander the Great: Myth, Genesis and Sexuality (2011) |
Αρχαία Ελληνική και Ρωμαϊκή Νεκρομαντεία (2011) | Drakon: Dragon Myth and Serpent Cult in the Greek and Roman Worlds (2013) |
Dragons, Serpents and Slayers in the Classical and Early Christian Worlds (2013) |
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The Legend of Seleucus (2017) |
The Werewolf in the Ancient World (2021) | The Strix-Witch (2021) | Греческая и римская некромантия (2021) |
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| The Oxford Handbook of Heracles (2021) | The Dragon in the West (2021) | Polygamy, Prostitutes and Death. 2nd ed. (2023) | The Hellenistic World: New Perspectives. Paperback edn. (2023) |
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The Cambridge Companion to Alexander the Great (2023) |