Research Catalog

Title

Body language in the Greek and Roman worlds / editor, Douglas Cairns ; contributors, Douglas Cairns ... [et al.].

Publication

Swansea : Classical Press of Wales ; Oakville, CT : D. Brown Book Co., 2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

Cairns, Douglas L.

Description

xxii, 243 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Subject

• Body language > Greece
• Body language > Rome
• Body language in literature
• Civilization, Classical

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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.

Call Number

JFE 06-8312

ISBN

1905125011

OCLC

68725419

Title

Body language in the Greek and Roman worlds / editor, Douglas Cairns ; contributors, Douglas Cairns ... [et al.].

Imprint

Swansea : Classical Press of Wales ; Oakville, CT : D. Brown Book Co., 2005.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Cairns, Douglas L.

Research Call Number

JFE 06-8312