Paradoxography is a genre of classical literature which deals with the occurrence of abnormal or inexplicable phenomena of the natural or human worlds.
The Ἱστοριῶν παραδόξων συναγωγή ("Collection of Extraordinary Tales") composed by Antigonus of Carystus (fl. 3rd century BCE), partly on the basis of a paradoxographical work of Callimachus
It is believed that the content of the pseudo-AristotelianOn Marvellous Things Heard (De mirabilibus auscultationibus) originated in the Hellenistic period, while the final form reflects centuries of expansion at least as recent as the second century of the Christian era.[1]
Phlegon of Tralles's Book of Marvels, which dates from the 2nd century CE, is perhaps the most famous example of the genre, including various stories of human abnormalities. Phlegon's brief accounts of prodigies and wonders include ghost stories, accounts of monstrous births, strange animals like centaurs, hermaphrodites, giant skeletons and prophesying heads. Phlegon's writing is characterised by brief and forthright description, as well as a tongue-in-cheek insistence on the veracity of his claims.
Other works of this genre in Greek include Heraclitus the Paradoxographer's Περὶ Ἀπίστων ("On Incredible Things", c. 1st or 2nd century CE) and Claudius Aelianus's On the Nature of Animals (3rd century CE).
Wansen, William (ed. & tr.). Phlegon of Tralles' Book of Marvels. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 1996
Leyra, Irene Pajón. "Entre ciencia y maravilla: el género literario de la paradoxografía griega". Monografías de filología griega, 21. Zaragoza: Prensas Universitarias de Zaragoza, 2011. 368. ISBN9788415274612
Stern, Jacob. "Heraclitus the Paradoxographer: Περὶ Ἀπίστων, 'On Unbelievable Tales'". Transactions of the American Philological Association 133.1 (Spring, 2003), pp. 51–97. Introduction, translation, and commentary on the text.
January 23, 2023
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