Helen King (ed.)

Health in Antiquity

Herausgeber: King, Helen

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Health and perception of health in ancient Mediterranean societies are brought together in a multidisciplinary approach by renowned ancient historians, classical scholars and archaeologists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 141mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9780415220651
• ISBN-10: 0415220653
• Artikelnr.: 21120604

Autorenporträt

University of Reading, UK

Inhaltsangabe

1. Disease and the Prehistory of the Aegean 2.Health and Disease in Greece:
Past, present and future 3. Health in Hellenistic and Roman Times: The case
studies of Paphos, Cyprus and Corinth, Greece 4. Health and the Life Course
at Herculaneum and Pompeii 5. Holding on to Health? Bone surgery and
instrumentation in the Roman empire 6. 'Without You No One is Happy': The
cult of health in ancient Greece 7. Hygieia at Dinner and at the Simposium
8. Women's Health and Recovery in the Hippocratic Corpus 9. Drama and
Healing: Ancient and modern 10. 'Curing' Disability 11. The Salubriousness
of the Roman City 12. Buildings for Health: Then and now 13. The Health of
the Spiritual Athlete 14. 'Carrying on the Work of the Earlier Firm':
Doctors, medicine and Christianity in the Thaumata of Sophronius of
Jerusalem