ENT 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Ancient Greek Coinage, Purgatory, Insects In Culture
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The study of the influence of insects (arthropods) in literature, language, music, the arts, history, religion, and recreation. Main character in 100 novels, many short stories, children"s books i. ii. iii. Books with obvious insects - the fly, spider girl, bug wars, the swarm. Metamorphosis, charlotte"s web, empire of the ants, and aesops fables. b. c. Poets from ancient greeks to robert burns and william wordsworth. i. Buzz off ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. ix. Coins and insects - some interesting history a. Ancient greek coins- over 300 bees, beetles, butterflies, ants, etc, as major theme. Decline of greeks, rise of romans- no coins with insects as major theme, ~ 200 with insects as minor actors. Along comes julius caesar - all insect coins disappear. The egyptians and the scarabs (dung beetles) i. The egyptian god khepera - father of all. Gods, creator of the universe b. c. d.
