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The eye of the beholder : deformity and disability in the Graeco-Roman world

Garland, Robert, 1947-

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In the eyes of the ancient Greeks and Romans, physical imperfections and infirmities were comparable to marks of the barbarian. The distinguished historian Robert Garland offers the first detailed investigation of the plight of those Greeks and Romans who, owing either to deformity or to disability, did not meet their society's exacting criteria for the ideal human form. Drawing on classical drama and poetry, historical works, medical tracts, vase painting and sculpture, mythology, and ethnography, Garland examines the high incidence of disability and deformity among the Greek and Roman population. From the deaf, the blind, and the lame to hunchbacks, dwarfs, and giants, to those even more severely disabled, he explores the lives of the handicapped and their place in ancient society.

• Publisher: Bristol Classical
• Subject: People with disabilities Rome Social conditions. / People with disabilities Greece Social conditions. / Abnormalities, Human Social aspects Rome. / Abnormalities, Human Social aspects Greece. / Behinderter / Abnormalities, Human Social aspects. / People with disabilities Social conditions. / Greece. / Rome (Empire)
• ISBN: 9781853997372, 1853997374

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