Death and Disease in the Ancient City

ISBN-13: 9780415619325 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011

Valerie M. Hope

Opis

This innovative volume draws on recent research in archaeology, ancient history and the history of medicine to discuss how people in the ancient world understood and dealt with illness and death in the urban environment.

Recenzje

'This is an ambitious and stimulating collection of essays built around a strong central theme. – Rachel hall Sternberg, The College of Wooster

'For the interplay of religious dread and mundane practical concerns, as well as for issues of prestige and disgrace and other matters of wide concern, there are useful conclusions and insights and a host of well digested and fascinating data.' – Mortality

Spis treści

CONTRIBUTORS, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, ABBREVIATIONS, 1 INTRODUCTION, 2 DEATH AND DISEASE IN CYRENE, 3 SICKNESS IN THE BODY POLITIC, 4 POLIS NOSOUSA, 5 DEATH AND EPIDEMIC DISEASE IN CLASSICAL ATHENS, 6 MEDICAL THOUGHTS ON URBAN POLLUTION, 7 TOWNS AND MARSHES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD*, 8 ON THE MARGINS OF THE CITY OF ROME, 9 CONTEMPT AND RESPECT, 10 DEALING WITH THE DEAD, 11 DEATH-POLLUTION AND FUNERALS IN THE CITY OF ROME, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX

O autorze

Eireann Marshall, Valerie M. Hope