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Visualizing the invisible with the human body : Physiognomy and ekphrasis in the ancient world /

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Physiognomy and ekphrasis are two of the most important modes of description in antiquity and represent the necessary precursors of scientific description. The primary way of divining the characteristics and fate of an individual, whether inborn or acquired, was to observe the patient's externa...

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Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Johnson, J. Cale (Editor), Stavru, Alessandro (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Arabic
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019]
Series:Science, technology, and medicine in ancient cultures ; 10.
Subjects:
Literature, Ancient > History and criticism.
Physiognomy in literature.
Ekphrasis.
Human body in literature.
Physiognomy.
Human Body
Physiognomy
History, Ancient
Roman World
Greek World
Littérature ancienne > Histoire et critique.
Physiognomonie dans la littérature.
Corps humain dans la littérature.
Physiognomonie.
ekphrasis.
physiognomy.
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval.
History of science.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Ekphrasis
Human body in literature
Literature, Ancient
Physiognomy in literature
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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