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372 Dragons! (with Scott G. Bruce)

The History of Literature

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Are Dragons a Foil for Heroes?

Many of our dragon illustrations fon the midle ages come from illustrated versions of pliny's manof manscript of pliny, right? And i don't want to spoil it for listeners, but for those who might like the who would win a gorilla or a bear kind of debate, pliny hasa elephants versus dragon's chapter that is very entertaining. We have no friendly dragons in the ancient world at all. Dragons are not allies of human beings. They are just large natural creatures that are a menace. So they, they are beautiful foils for heroes.

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