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.
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