Disability and Healing in Greek and Roman Myth

This Element places stories of disability and healing in Greek and Roman Myth in context, with due attention to close reading, and pays careful attention to concepts and terminology regarding disability. One of the focuses is the people behind the stories and their 'lived' religion. It also encourages its readers to 'live' their ancient mythology.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Setting the scene: disabilities, myths, and religion; 2. Disabled gods and heroes 'from head to toe; 3. Other 'oddities': monsters, twins, dwarfs and old age; 4. Purity and wholesomeness for priests and cultic servants?; 5. The role of Christianity and monotheism; 6. Conclusion: disability as anachronism or analogy?; References.

Summary

This Element places stories of disability and healing in Greek and Roman Myth in context, with due attention to close reading, and pays careful attention to concepts and terminology regarding disability. One of the focuses is the people behind the stories and their 'lived' religion. It also encourages its readers to 'live' their ancient mythology.

Product details

• Authors: Christian Laes, Christian (University of Manchester) Laes, Laes Christian
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2024
• EAN: 9781009494663
• ISBN: 978-1-009-49466-3
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 280 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Series: Elements in Greek and Roman Mythology
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Classical texts, Ancient World, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek and Roman literature