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Dwarfs in Ancient Egypt and Greece (Paperback)
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Dwarfs in Ancient Egypt and Greece (Paperback)
Series: Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology
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This book examines dwarfs in myth and everyday life in ancient
Egypt and Greece. In both cultures physical beauty was highly
admired, even to excess. What happened to those whose appearance
did not conform to the 'ideal proportions'? The spectacular forms
of dwarfism were always a focus of interest, and it is the most
depicted disorder in antiquity. In this study Dr Dasen brings
together for the first time a whole range of mostly unpublished or
little-known iconographic, epigraphic, literary, and
anthropological evidence. She covers areas such as the history of
caricature and the portrait; medical history, in particular, the
development of the perception of congenital disorders; social
history; and history of religion, with questions on the magical and
ritual efficiency of the malformed in sacred and theatrical
contexts. She considers also the complex relations between
mythology and ethnography, as shown, for example, in the Greek myth
of the Pygmies. This is a fascinating work, with a wealth of
insights for anyone interested in the history of medicine and the
ancient world.
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