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Gods and Robots : Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology
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ADRIENNE MAYOR
Publication date:
November 27 2018
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Princeton University Press
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9780691185446
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0691185441
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9780691183510
Publication date:
November 27 2018
DOI:
10.2307/j.ctvc779xn
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Book chapters
pp. i
Frontmatter
pp. i
Front Matter
pp. ix
Table of Contents
pp. ix
CONTENTS
pp. xi
List of Illustrations
pp. xi
ILLUSTRATIONS
pp. xv
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
pp. xv
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
COLOR PLATES
pp. 1
INTRODUCTION. MADE, NOT BORN
pp. 1
INTRODUCTION.
pp. 7
CHAPTER 1. THE ROBOT AND THE WITCH: TALOS AND MEDEA
pp. 7
THE ROBOT AND THE WITCH:
pp. 33
MEDEA’S CAULDRON OF REJUVENATION
pp. 33
CHAPTER 2. MEDEA’S CAULDRON OF REJUVENATION
pp. 45
CHAPTER 3. THE QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY AND ETERNAL YOUTH
pp. 45
THE QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY AND ETERNAL YOUTH
pp. 61
BEYOND NATURE:
pp. 61
CHAPTER 4. BEYOND NATURE: ENHANCED POWERS BORROWED FROM GODS AND ANIMALS
pp. 85
DAEDALUS AND THE LIVING STATUES
pp. 85
CHAPTER 5. DAEDALUS AND THE LIVING STATUES
pp. 105
PYGMALION’S LIVING DOLL AND PROMETHEUS’S FIRST HUMANS
pp. 105
CHAPTER 6. PYGMALION’S LIVING DOLL AND PROMETHEUS’S FIRST HUMANS
pp. 129
CHAPTER 7. HEPHAESTUS DIVINE DEVICES AND AUTOMATA
pp. 129
HEPHAESTUS:
pp. 156
CHAPTER 8. PANDORA: BEAUTIFUL, ARTIFICIAL, EVIL
pp. 156
PANDORA:
pp. 179
BETWEEN MYTH AND HISTORY:
pp. 179
CHAPTER 9. BETWEEN MYTH AND HISTORY: REAL AUTOMATA AND LIFELIKE ARTIFICES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
pp. 213
EPILOGUE. AWE, DREAD, HOPE: DEEP LEARNING AND ANCIENT STORIES
pp. 213
EPILOGUE.
pp. 219
GLOSSARY
pp. 219
GLOSSARY
pp. 223
NOTES
pp. 251
BIBLIOGRAPHY
pp. 251
BIBLIOGRAPHY
pp. 265
INDEX
pp. 265
INDEX
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