Michael D Daras
Biographic Data
| ID | 8939184 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael D Daras |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael D |
| FAMILY NAME | Daras |
| SIGNATURE | DARAS M D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Horse madness (hippomania) and hippophobia
Anthropophagic horses have been described in classical mythology. From a current perspective, two such instances are worth mentioning and describing: Glaucus of Potniae, King of Efyra, and Diomedes, King of Thrace, who were both devoured by their horses. In both cases, the horses’ extreme aggression and their subsequent anthropophagic behaviour were attributed to their madness (hippomania) induced by the custom of feeding them with flesh. The cur…
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Horse madness (hippomania) and hippophobia
Anthropophagic horses have been described in classical mythology. From a current perspective, two such instances are worth mentioning and describing: Glaucus of Potniae, King of Efyra, and Diomedes, King of Thrace, who were both devoured by their horses. In both cases, the horses’ extreme aggression and their subsequent anthropophagic behaviour were attributed to their madness (hippomania) induced by the custom of feeding them with flesh. The cur…
Aggression (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (1 work) · Classics (1 work) · Disease (1 work) · Flesh (1 work) · History (1 work) · Medicine (1 work) · Mythology (1 work)