Votive Body Parts in Greek and Roman Religion
This book examines a type of object that was widespread and very popular in classical antiquity - votive offerings in the shape of parts of the human body, using them to explore how beliefs about the body changed throughout the period.
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| description | This book examines a type of object that was widespread and very popular in classical antiquity - votive offerings in the shape of parts of the human body, using them to explore how beliefs about the body changed throughout the period. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-483fb1ad8ea54b0fb9900879eaa6b8982025-01-09T12:59:45ZengACoSt - Association for Coroplastic StudiesLes Carnets de l’ACoSt2431-85742018-04-011710.4000/acost.1174Votive Body Parts in Greek and Roman ReligionJessica HughesThis book examines a type of object that was widespread and very popular in classical antiquity - votive offerings in the shape of parts of the human body, using them to explore how beliefs about the body changed throughout the period.https://journals.openedition.org/acost/1174Anatomical votivesbody partsbodily fragmentationhybridity |
| spellingShingle | Jessica Hughes Votive Body Parts in Greek and Roman Religion Les Carnets de l’ACoSt Anatomical votives body parts bodily fragmentation hybridity |
| title | Votive Body Parts in Greek and Roman Religion |
| title_full | Votive Body Parts in Greek and Roman Religion |
| title_fullStr | Votive Body Parts in Greek and Roman Religion |
| title_full_unstemmed | Votive Body Parts in Greek and Roman Religion |
| title_short | Votive Body Parts in Greek and Roman Religion |
| title_sort | votive body parts in greek and roman religion |
| topic | Anatomical votives body parts bodily fragmentation hybridity |
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