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Dwarfs in ancient Egypt and Greece /

Examines dwarfs in myth and everyday life in ancient Egypt and Greece. This study brings together a range of little known iconographic, epigraphic, literary, and anthropological evidence. It covers areas such as the history of caricature and the portrait; medical history, and in particular the devel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dasen, Véronique (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; 2023.
Series:Oxford monographs on classical archaeology.
Subjects:
Dwarfs.
Paleopathology.
Dwarfs > Egypt > History.
Dwarfs > Greece > History.
Dwarfs in art.
Egypt > Antiquities.
Paléopathologie.
Égypte > Antiquités.
Antiquities.
Egypt.
Greece.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Examines dwarfs in myth and everyday life in ancient Egypt and Greece. This study brings together a range of little known iconographic, epigraphic, literary, and anthropological evidence. It covers areas such as the history of caricature and the portrait; medical history, and in particular the development of the perception of congenital disorders.
Item Description:Bibliography: p326-333. - Includes index.
Previously issued in print: 1993.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxix,354 pages,80 pages of plates): illustrations (black and white).
ISBN:9781383004908
1383004900