The griffin and the dinosaur : how Adrienne Mayor discovered a fascinating link between myth and science /
Griffin & the dinosaur
Marc Aronson with Adrienne Mayor ; illustrated by Chris Muller.
- 1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps.
OSLIS\Gale Nat Geo eBooks(2/2/23).
Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index.
Prairie girl -- The sound of heat -- Sketching griffins -- The cyclops and the griffin pup -- Nomads and gold -- The secret of the flaming cliffs -- Battlefield of the gods -- Stories, stories, everywhere.
Traces research scientist Adrienne Mayor's explorations in Greece and the Gobi Desert for the origins of the mythical griffin, relating the story of the ancient Scythians and the griffins that were said to have guarded their treasure.