Disabilities in Roman antiquity : disparate bodies, a capite ad calcem /
This is the first volume ever to systematically study the subject of disabilities in the Roman world. The contributors examine the topic from head to toe: mental and intellectual disability, alcoholism, visual impairment, speech disorder, hermaphroditism, monstrous births, mobility problems, osteolo...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2013.
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Colección: | Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity ;
v. 356. |
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This is the first volume ever to systematically study the subject of disabilities in the Roman world. The contributors examine the topic from head to toe: mental and intellectual disability, alcoholism, visual impairment, speech disorder, hermaphroditism, monstrous births, mobility problems, osteology and visual representations of disparate bodies. |
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Notas: | Subtitle also reads as: Disparate bodies, from head to toe. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 318 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9789004251250 9004251251 |
ISSN: | 0169-8958 ; |