Clarke, Jacqueline
(ed.)
King, Daniel (clasicista)
(ed.)
Baltussen, Han
(ed.)
Editorial: Brill
Colección: Studies in Ancient Medicine ; 58
Número de páginas: 326 págs.
Fecha de edición: 06-07-2023
EAN: 9789004549487
ISBN: 978-90-04-54948-7
Precio (sin IVA): 125,08 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 130,08 €
Why is it so difficult to talk about pain? As we do today, the Greeks and Romans struggled to communicate their pain: this required a rich and subtle vocabulary which had to be developed over time. Pain Narratives traces the development of this language in literary, philosophical, and medical texts from across antiquity: poets, physicians, and philosophers contributed to an ever-growing lexicon to articulate their own and others’ feelings. The essays within this volume uncover the expanding Greco-Roman vocabulary of pain, analyse the medical discussions on pain symptoms, and explore the religious reinterpretations of pain concepts in late antiquity.