Health, Ritual, and Community in Ancient Greece
$237.49
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
3 May 2027
Summary
At the heart of this book is a deceptively simple question: What does “health” mean? The answer, historian Calloway B. Scott shows, is culturally contingent, and in ancient Greece the concept went well beyond the proper functioning of an individual’s body. Rather, “health” (Greek hygieia) furnished a key discursive and ritual tool for civic cohesion, religious praxis, and even cultural identity. The all-important polis, central to ancient Greek social and political life, fundamentall…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780299359508 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0299359506 |
| Author: | Calloway Scott |
| Publisher: | University of Wisconsin Press |
| Imprint: | University of Wisconsin Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 3 May 2027 |
| Weight: | 590g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“Scott argues convincingly that the history of health deserves its own study. An original and productive approach that enriches our understanding of ancient Greek ritual healing.” - Claire Bubb, author of Dissection in Classical Antiquity: A Social and Medical History
Calloway Scott
Calloway Scott is an assistant professor of classics at the University of Cincinnati. His work has been published in several leading journals and he is a regular contributor to Synapsis: A Health Humanities Journal.
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