Dwarfs in ancient Egypt and Greece /

Dwarfs in ancient Egypt and Greece /

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Main Author: Dasen, Véronique (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Oxford [England] : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2013.

Series: Oxford monographs on classical archaeology.

Subjects:

Dwarfs (Persons)
Dwarfs (Persons) in art.
Dwarfs (Persons) > Egypt > History.
Dwarfs (Persons) > Greece > History.
Paleopathology.
Egypt > Antiquities.
Greece > Antiquities.

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Call Number: GN69.3 .D37 2013

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Table of Contents:
  • •I. Medical Context. 1. Typology of Growth Disorders. 2. Palaeopathology •II. Egypt. 3. Terminology. 4. Iconographic Conventions. 5. Anonymous Dwarf Gods. 6. Bes. 7. Ptah-Pataikoi. 8. Physical Minorities. 9. Human Dwarfs. 10. Conclusion •III. Greece. 11. Terminology. 12. Iconographic Conventions. 13. Dwarfs in Myth. 14. Physical Minorities. 15. Human Dwarfs. 16. Conclusion •IV. Catalogues. E. Egypt. G. Greek World. S. Skeletal Remains. Glossary of Medical Terms •Bibliography.