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Votive Body Parts in Greek and Roman Religion: Cambridge Classical Studies

Autor Jessica Hughes
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 aug 2021
This book examines a type of object that was widespread and very popular in classical antiquity - votive offerings in the shape of parts of the human body. It collects examples from four principal areas and time periods: Classical Greece, pre-Roman Italy, Roman Gaul and Roman Asia Minor. It uses a compare-and-contrast methodology to highlight differences between these sets of votives, exploring the implications for our understandings of how beliefs about the body changed across classical antiquity. The book also looks at how far these ancient beliefs overlap with, or differ from, modern ideas about the body and its physical and conceptual boundaries. Central themes of the book include illness and healing, bodily fragmentation, human-animal hybridity, transmission and reception of traditions, and the mechanics of personal transformation in religious rituals.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781316610428
ISBN-10: 131661042X
Pagini: 233
Ilustrații: 84 b/w illus.
Dimensiuni: 170 x 244 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Classical Studies

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

1. Introduction: fragments of history; 2. Fragmentation as metaphor: anatomical votives in Classical Greece, fifth-fourth centuries BC; 3. Under the skin: anatomical votives in Republican Italy, fourth-first centuries BC; 4. The anxiety of influence: anatomical votives in Roman Gaul, first century BC-first century AD; 5. Punishing bodies: the Lydian and Phrygian 'propitiatory' stelai, second-third centuries AD; Afterword: revisiting fragmentation.

Descriere

This book analyses hundreds of votive body parts to examine how ideas about the human body changed throughout classical antiquity.