title: Drakon: Dragon Myth and Serpent Cult in the Greek and Roman Worlds
author:  Daniel Ogden 
description: <br>"[Drakon] will become the essential resource for any further study of the serpents of the Greek and Roman worlds."--Laura Gawlinski, <em>Bryn Mawr Classical Review</em>
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  Banner of the Red Dragon
  
  
  By Chris Thorndycroft
  
  
  
  
  
  2019 by Copyright © Chris Thorndycroft
  
  
  
  
  
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  For Maia for her constant encouragement and my parents for their unwavering
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  #  Contents
  
  
  [Map](part0000_split_004.html#_Toc14028633)
  
  
  [Part I](part0000_split_007.html#_Toc14028634)
  
  
  [Part II](part0000_split_014.html#_Toc14028635)
  
  
  [Part III](part0000_split_022.html#_Toc14028636)
  
  
  [Part IV](part0000_split_029.html#_Toc14028637)
  
  
  [Historical Note](part0000_split_043.html#_Toc14028638)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
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