Tierbilder aus dem ersten Jahrhundert: Ein zoologischer Kommentar zum Artemidor-Papyrus

The Artemidorus papyrus, originating from Alexandria at the beginning of the 1st century A.D., contains on its verso 41 drawings by one hand, thereof 38 sketches of animals (some comprising two species each,thus resulting in 44 species), most of them labelled withtheir Greek names. As visible fromthe ?title’ on the papyrus itself, it presents terrestrial tetrapods as well asbirds, fish, and whales. The workstands inthe tradition of Hellenistic animal pictures, beginning with Aristotle,devel...