Votive body parts in Greek and Roman religion

"This book examines a type of object that was widespread and very popular in classical antiquity - votive offerings in the shape of parts of the human body. It collects examples from four principal areas and time periods: Classical Greece, pre-Roman Italy, Roman Gaul and Roman Asia Minor. It us...

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Main Author: Hughes, Jessica 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge New York Port Melbourne Delhi Singapore Cambridge University Press 2017
In:Year: 2017
Series/Journal:Cambridge classical studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Classical antiquity / Religion / Votive offering / Member of the body
IxTheo Classification:BE Greco-Roman religions
Further subjects:B Human Body Symbolic aspects
B Votive offerings (Greece)
B Votive offerings (Rome)
B Human Body Social aspects
B Rome Religion
B Greece Religion
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Summary:"This book examines a type of object that was widespread and very popular in classical antiquity - votive offerings in the shape of parts of the human body. It collects examples from four principal areas and time periods: Classical Greece, pre-Roman Italy, Roman Gaul and Roman Asia Minor. It uses a compare-and-contrast methodology to highlight differences between these sets of votives, exploring the implications for our understandings of how beliefs about the body changed across classical antiquity. The book also looks at how far these ancient beliefs overlap with, or differ from, modern ideas about the body and its physical and conceptual boundaries. Central themes of the book include illness and healing, bodily fragmentation, human-animal hybridity, transmission and reception of traditions, and the mechanics of personal transformation in religious rituals"--
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: fragments of history; 2. Fragmentation as metaphor: anatomical votives in Classical Greece, fifth-fourth centuries BC; 3. Under the skin: anatomical votives in Republican Italy, fourth-first centuries BC; 4. The anxiety of influence: anatomical votives in Roman Gaul, first century BC-first century AD; 5. Punishing bodies: the Lydian and Phrygian 'propitiatory' stelai, second-third centuries AD; Afterword: revisiting fragmentation
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Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1107157838
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/9781316662403