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"This book takes an in-depth look at the ancient roots of homophobia, including its Pythagorean origins and its eventual spread throughout the Roman Empire and, consequently, the rest of the world"--Provided by publisher

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Disability studies and the classical body: the forgotten other. Introduction -- PART 1: Communicating and controlling impairment, illness and pain -- 2. Two troubles: The dramatic tragedy of Western medicine -- 3. 'There is a pain - so utter -': Narrating chronic pain and disability in antiquity and modernity -- PART 2: Using, creating and showcasing disability supports and services -- 4. Prostheses in classical antiquity: A taxonomy -- 5. Displaying the forgotten other in museums: Prostheses at National Museums Scotland -- 6. New light on 'the viewer': Sensing the Parthenon galleries in the British Museum -- PART 3: Real bodies and retrieving senses: Disability in the ritual record -- 7. Interactional sensibilities: Bringing ancient disability studies to its archaeological senses -- 8. Rational capacity and incomplete adults: The mentally impaired in classical antiquity -- PART 4: Classical reception as the gateway between Classics and disability studies -- 9. The immortal forgotten other gang: Dwarf Cedalion, Lame Hephaestus, and Blind Orion -- 10. A history of our own?: Using Classics in disability histories -- Index.

Introducing a largely neglected area of existing interactions between Greco-Roman antiquity and media theory, this book addresses the question of why interactions in this area matter, and how they might be developed further. The volume seeks to promote more media attentiveness among scholars of Greece and Rome. It also aims to create more awareness of the presence of the classics in media theory. It foregrounds the persistency of Greco-Roman paradigms across the different strands of media theory. And it calls for a closer consideration of the conceptual underpinnings of scholarly practices around the transformation of ancient Greece and Rome into 'classical' cultures.

"Rome was a slave society. Beyond the thousands of slaves who worked and lived in the heartland of the Roman Empire, slavery fundamentally shaped Roman society and culture. In this book, Sandra Joshel offers a comprehensive overview of Roman slavery. Using a variety of sources, including literature, law, and material culture, she examines the legal condition of Roman slaves, traces the stages of the sale of slaves, analyzes the relations between slaves and slaveholders, and details the social and family lives of slaves. Richly illustrated with images of slaves, captives, and the material conditions of slaves, this book also considers food, clothing, and housing of slaves, thereby locating slaves in their physical surroundings ,# ︡the cook in the kitchen, the maid in her owner,#s̥ bedroom, the smith in a workshop, and the farm laborer in a vineyard. Based on rigorous scholarship, Slavery in Roman Society serves as a lively, accessible account to introductory-level students of the ancient Mediterranean world"--Provided by publisher