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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS xiii
3. Acknowledgments xvii
4. Introduction. The Borderlands of Myth, History, and Science 1
5. ANIMALS: FABULOUS, REAL, AND EXTINCT
6. 1 The Flying Snakes of Arabia 13
7. 2 Sea Monsters and Mer-People of the Mediterranean 26
8. 3 The Golden Fleece 37
9. 4 Griffin Claws and a Unicorn Horn 41
10. 5 Dolphin Tales 50
11. 6 The Musical Racing Turtles of Greece 59
12. 7 A Little Bird with Poison Poop 68
13. 8 The Roman Army’s Vulture Mascots 75
14. 9 Pet Birds through the Ages 78
15. 10 Your New Puppy in Ancient Times 88
16. 11 Weasels in Classical Myth and History 92
17. 12 Living the Modern Ferret Lifestyle 101
18. 13 Colossal Fossils of Greece 112
19. 14 Hunting Griffins: An Imaginary Letter to a Paleontologist 117
20. 15 Siegfried and the Dragon 140
21. 16 Tracking the Lucky Rhino in China 143
22. 17 Fake Fossils 147
23. 18 Cuvier and the Mammoth Foot 154
24. 19 Geronimo’s Dragon 162
25. 20 Enslaved Africans Were First to Identify Mammoth Fossils in America 166
26. FORMIDABLE WOMEN
27. 21 Beauty Secrets of the Ancient Amazons 173
28. 22 Arab Warrior Queens 180
29. 23 Chiomara, Courageous Celtic Woman 183
30. 24 Camilla: Why Is There an Amazon in the Aeneid? 187
31. 25 Plato and the Amazons 194
32. 26 The Brave Women of Argos 198
33. 27 Cleopatra and Antony Go Fishing 201
34. 28 The Poetess and the Queen of Amazons 204
35. 29 Proving the Existence of Amazons in 1685 209
36. 30 Wine Goblets and Women’s Breasts 213
37. CURIOUS HISTORY AND SCIENCE
38. 31 Ghost Ships 225
39. 32 Mirages at Sea 236
40. 33 Winds in Ancient Myth and History 250
41. 34 Death by Bronze “Frisbee” 261
42. 35 Could Aristotle Guess Your Personality from Your Face? 264
43. 36 The First Anti-Vaxxers 267
44. 37 Poison Honey 272
45. 38 Who Was the First Foot Fetishist? 282
46. 39 “Giants” in Ancient Warfare 286
47. 40 Sweating Truth in Ancient Carthage 306
48. TRAVELERS, TATTOOS, AND TYRANTS
49. 41 Tourists in Classical Antiquity 323
50. 42 Grand Tourists in Greece, from Lord Byron to Sigmund Freud 337
51. 43 Who Were the First Recreational Mountain Climbers? 349
52. 44 Ancient Tattoos 354
53. 45 Tattoos in Ancient China 363
54. 46 Caligula: Let Them Hate, So Long as They Fear 369
55. 47 A Mountain of a Man: Maximinus Thrax 375
56. 48 King Midas 378
57. 49 Home in a Body Bag 382
58. 50 Perfumes of Power 386
59. Notes 391
60. Credits 395
61. Index 397