Votive Body Parts in Greek and Roman Religion (Cambridge Classical Studies)

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. It Collects Examples From Four Principal Areas And Time Periods: Classical Greece, Pre-roman Italy, Roman Gaul And Roman Asia Minor. It Uses A Compare-and-contrast Methodology To Highlight Differences Between These Sets Of Votives, Exploring The Implications For Our Understandings Of How Beliefs About The Body Changed Across Classical Antiquity. The Book Also Looks At How Far These Ancient Beliefs Overlap With, Or Differ From, Modern Ideas About The Body And Its Physical And Conceptual Boundaries. Central Themes Of The Book Include Illness And Healing, Bodily Fragmentation, Human-animal Hybridity, Transmission And Reception Of Traditions, And The Mechanics Of Personal Transformation In Religious Rituals-- Machine Generated Contents Note: 1. Introduction: Fragments Of History; 2. Fragmentation As Metaphor: Anatomical Votives In Classical Greece, Fifth-fourth Centuries Bc; 3. Under The Skin: Anatomical Votives In Republican Italy, Fourth-first Centuries Bc; 4. The Anxiety Of Influence: Anatomical Votives In Roman Gaul, First Century Bc-first Century Ad; 5. Punishing Bodies: The Lydian And Phrygian 'propitiatory' Stelai, Second-third Centuries Ad; Afterword: Revisiting Fragmentation. Jessica Hughes. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 192-217) And Index. Cover 1 Half-title 3 Series information 4 Title page 5 Copyright information 6 Table of contents 7 List of Illustrations 8 Acknowledgments 15 1 Introduction: Fragments of History 17 Scholarship on Votive Offerings 20 New Approaches: (1) Fragmentation and (2) Continuity vs Change in the Anatomical Votive Tradition 29 2 Fragmentation as Metaphor: Anatomical Votives in Classical Greece, Fifth–Fourth Centuries BC 41 Gifts to the Greek Gods 42 Changing Beliefs about the Human Body 56 Fragmentation as Metaphor 64 Healing as Reintegration 72 Conclusion 76 3 Under the Skin: Anatomical Votives in Republican Italy, Fourth–First Centuries bc 78 Introducing the Votive Evidence 83 The Origins of the Anatomical Votives in Italy 93 Making and Viewing Viscera 99 Two Different Views of the Body: Comparing Greece and Italy 108 Permeable Boundaries 112 Conclusion 120 4 The Anxiety of Influence: Anatomical Votives in Roman Gaul, First Century bc–First Century ad 122 The Sanctuary of Dea Sequana at the Source of the Seine 124 Chamalières 137 From Pre-Roman to Roman Gaul: Changing Approaches to the Fragmented Body 150 From Italy to Gaul: Colonising the Body? 156 From Italy to Gaul: Reception and Transformation 160 Conclusion 165 5 Punishing Bodies: The Lydian and Phrygian ‘Propitiatory’ Stelai, Second–Third Centuries AD 167 Introducing the Propitiatory Stelai 168 Viewing the Images 175 Permeable Boundaries and Imagined Communities 191 Conclusion 201 Bibliography 208 Abbreviations 208 Index 234 "Este libro examina un tipo de objeto que estaba muy extendido y era muy popular en la antigüedad clásica: los exvotos en forma de partes del cuerpo humano. Recoge ejemplos de cuatro áreas principales y períodos de tiempo: Grecia clásica, Italia prerromana, Galia romana y Asia Menor romana. Utiliza una metodología de comparación y contraste para resaltar las diferencias entre estos conjuntos de votivas, explorando las implicaciones para nuestra comprensión de cómo las creencias sobre el cuerpo cambiaron a través de la antigüedad clásica. El libro también examina hasta qué punto estas antiguas creencias se superponen con, o difieren de, las ideas modernas sobre el cuerpo y sus límites físicos y conceptuales. Los temas centrales del libro incluyen la enfermedad y la curación, la fragmentación corporal, la hibridación humano-animal, la transmisión y recepción de tradiciones y la mecánica de la transformación personal en los rituales religiosos." "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. It collects examples from four principal areas and time periods: Classical Greece, pre-Roman Italy, Roman Gaul and Roman Asia Minor. It uses a compare-and-contrast methodology to highlight differences between these sets of votives, exploring the implications for our understandings of how beliefs about the body changed across classical antiquity. The book also looks at how far these ancient beliefs overlap with, or differ from, modern ideas about the body and its physical and conceptual boundaries. Central themes of the book include illness and healing, bodily fragmentation, human-animal hybridity, transmission and reception of traditions, and the mechanics of personal transformation in religious rituals"-- Provided by publisher 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. Of interest to scholars and students of classics as well as religious studies.