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Multiple births in Graeco‐Roman antiquity

Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 1997
In classical antiquity multiple births aroused ambivalent reactions, ranging from acceptance and valuation to rejection and elimination. This paper analyses the reception of twins and multiple births of a higher degree (triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets), healthy or physically abnormal, in Greek and Roman societies, and reviews ancient written and ...
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Proto-racism in Graeco-Roman antiquity

World Archaeology, 2006
In spite of the usual assumption that racism is a form of prejudice which developed in recent history, it is argued here that prototypes of racism were prevalent in Greek and Roman thinking. Racism here is taken as representing a form of rationalizing and systematically justifying various forms of prejudice, a conceptual process which was part of the ...
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Silent Witnesses: Deaf-mutes in Graeco-Roman Antiquity

Classical World, 2011
This article highlights all known instances of individual deaf-mutes in antiquity, with special attention as to how their symptoms were described, which effects were emphasized, and in what context the cases were reported. Next, the Greek and Latin vocabulary to denote deaf-muteness will be examined.
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Graeco-Roman Antiquity and the Idea of Nationalism in the 19th Century

2016
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Hernia Jokes in Graeco-Roman Antiquity

Illinois Classical Studies, 2018
AbstractGroin hernia was an object of visual and verbal humor during the Roman Imperial age, late antiquity and beyond. This paper examines the hernia jokes in scoptic epigrams and the Philogelos in the light of Bakhtin’s views on the grotesque body.
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Gender-Specific Communication in Graeco-Roman Antiquity: With a Research Bibliography

Historiographia Linguistica, 2004
It has been the main interest of numerous studies in modern linguistics, in particular since the 1980s, to analyse gender-specific language and modes of communication. However, the vast majority of these contributions completely ignores the fact that some ancient authors already raised the problem of gender-specific language and thus made at least a ...
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Graeco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt

Journal of the Canadian Society for Coptic Studies
This study investigates the ongoing debate about whether the term magic should continue to be used in academia. Amongst scholars, the term has become a subject of controversy primarily because of its negative historical associations and its lack of precision. As a result, in the last decade, a notable trend has emerged among scholars advocating for the
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[Anaesthesiology in Graeco-Roman antiquity].

Medicina nei secoli, 2002
The article presents a short history of anaesthesiology in Graeco-Roman antiquity, studying philosophical, historical and medical sources from Iliad to the Roman Imperial Age.
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Scientific and technological use of Glass in Graeco-Roman Antiquity

2004
Attraverso le fonti letterarie una serie di esempi relativi a impieghi scientifici del vetro nell'antichità classica.
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The treatment of war wounds in Graeco-Roman antiquity

1991
This thesis was digitised by the British Library from microfilm. You can acquire a single copy of this thesis for research purposes by clicking on the padlock icon on the thesis file. Please be aware that the text in the supplied thesis pdf file may not be as clear as text in a thesis that was born digital or digitised directly from paper due to the ...
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