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Dwarfs in Ancient Egypt and Greece

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Zusatztext Compendious and impressively produced Informationen zum Autor Veronique Dasen is Associate Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Fribourg. Klappentext This book examines dwarfs in myth and everyday life in ancient Egypt and Greece. The spectacular forms of dwarfism were always a focus of interest, and it is the most depicted disorder in antiquity. Dasen brings together a whole range of mostly unpublished or little-known iconographic, epigraphic, literary, and anthropological evidence. Zusammenfassung This book examines dwarfs in myth and everyday life in ancient Egypt and Greece. The spectacular forms of dwarfism were always a focus of interest, and it is the most depicted disorder in antiquity. Dasen brings together a whole range of mostly unpublished or little-known iconographic, epigraphic, literary, and anthropological evidence. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface List of Plates List of Figures Abbreviations General Introduction I Medical Context 1: Typology of Growth Disorders 2: Palaeopathology II Egypt 3: Terminology 4: Iconographic Conventions 5: Anonymous Dwarf Gods 6: Bes 7: Ptah-Pataikoi 8: Physical Minorities 9: Human Dwarfs 10: Conclusion III Greece 11: Terminology 12: Iconographic Conventions 13: Dwarfs in Myth 14: Physical Minorities 15: Human Dwarfs 16: Conclusion General Conclusion IV Catalogues Egypt Greek World Skeletal Remains Glossary of medical terms Bibliography Index Plates

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