The Eye of the Beholder: Deformity and Disability in the Graeco-Roman World

ISBN-13: 9781853997372 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 280 str.

Robert Garland

Opis

Robert Garland investigates the plight of the disabled and deformed in Graeco-Roman society, drawing on a wealth of material, including literary texts, medical tracts, vase paintings, sculpture, mythology and ethnography. It is now issued in paperback for the first time with a new preface and updated bibliography.