Body language in the Greek and Roman worlds

Weitere Verfasser: Cairns, Douglas L.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Swansea : Oakville, CT : Classical Press of Wales ; D. Brown Book Co., 2005.
Umfang/Format: xxii, 243 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 1905125011
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Inhalte/Bestandteile: 1 Datensätze
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Preface
  • Introduction / Douglas Cairns
  • Clothes, class and gender in Homer / Hans van Wees
  • On the semantics of ancient Greek smiles / Michael Clarke
  • EPATON BAMA (’her lovely footstep’) : the erotics of feet in ancient Greece / Daniel B. Levine
  • Body language and the female role player in Greek tragedy and Japanese Kabuki theatre / Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
  • Sardanapallus’ gesture / Ioanna N. Papadopoulou
  • Bullish looks and sidelong glances : social interaction and the eyes in ancient Greek culture / Douglas Cairns
  • Gesture in ealy Roman law : empty forms or essential formalities? / Anthony Corbeill
  • Nonverbal behaviour on the Roman comic stage / Costas Panayotakis
  • Lavinia’s blush (Virgil Aeneid 12.64-70) / Francis Cairns
  • On being seated : gender and body language in Hellenistic and Roman art / Glenys Davies.