Loading...

Experiencing pain in Imperial Greek culture

Traditional accounts of ancient pain tend to focus either on philosophical or medical theories of pain or on Christian notions of suffering: this volume moves beyond these approaches to argue that pain in Imperial Greek culture was not a narrow physiological perception but must be understood within...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: King, Daniel (Author, VerfasserIn)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press , 2017
Edition:First edition
Series:Oxford classical monographs
Subjects:
Online Access:http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/oup-ebooks-altertum/dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198810513.001.0001
Author Notes:Daniel King
E-Book Packages:Oxford Scholarship Online: Classical Studies Collection
Description
Summary:Traditional accounts of ancient pain tend to focus either on philosophical or medical theories of pain or on Christian notions of suffering: this volume moves beyond these approaches to argue that pain in Imperial Greek culture was not a narrow physiological perception but must be understood within its broad personal, social, and emotional context
Item Description:This edition previously issued in print: 2017
Includes bibliographical references and index
Zielgruppe - Audience: Specialized
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9780191847776