| Description |
xii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN |
9781844656417 hardback |
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9781844656424 paperback |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: smell and the ancient senses / Mark Bradley -- 1. Smell as sign and cure in ancient medicine / Laurence Totelin -- 2. Ancient philosophers on the sense of smell / Han Baltussen -- 3. Divine scents and presence / Ashley Clements -- 4. Smelling trees, flowers and herbs in the ancient world / Jane Draycott -- 5. Making scents of poetry / Shane Butler -- 6. Roman urban smells : the archaeological evidence / Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow -- 7. Urban smells and Roman noses / Neville Morley -- 8. The scent of Roman dining / David Potter -- 9. Foul bodies in ancient Rome / Mark Bradley -- 10. Fragrance in the rabbinic world / Deborah A. Green -- 11. The smell of Christianity / Jerry Toner -- 12. Missing noses / Mark Bradley and Eric Varner. |
| Series |
Senses in antiquity.
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| Library Class |
Anthrop X617
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| Subject |
Odors -- History.
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Smell -- History.
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Odours -- Social aspects -- History.
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| Other Author |
Bradley, Mark, 1977- editor.
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