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Author Cairns, Douglas L., editor, contributor.

Title Body language in the Greek and Roman worlds / editor, Douglas Cairns ; contributors, Douglas Cairns [and others]
Published Swansea : Classical Press of Wales, The, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (258 pages)
Contents Preface -- Introduction / Douglas Cairns -- Clothes, class and gender in Homer / Hans van Wees -- On the semantics of ancient Greek smiles / Michael Clarke -- EPATON BAMA ('her lovely footstep') : the erotics of feet in ancient Greece / Daniel B. Levine -- Body language and the female role player in Greek tragedy and Japanese Kabuki theatre / Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones -- Sardanapallus' gesture / Ioanna N. Papadopoulou -- Bullish looks and sidelong glances : social interaction and the eyes in ancient Greek culture / Douglas Cairns -- Gesture in ealy Roman law : empty forms or essential formalities? / Anthony Corbeill -- Nonverbal behaviour on the Roman comic stage / Costas Panayotakis -- Lavinia's blush (Virgil Aeneid 12.64-70) / Francis Cairns -- On being seated : gender and body language in Hellenistic and Roman art / Glenys Davies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Body language in literature.
Body language-Greece
Body language-Rome
Civilization, Classical.
Civilization, Ancient.
HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
Body language
Body language in literature
Civilization, Classical
Non-verbale communicatie.
Klassieke oudheid.
Greece
Rome (Empire)
Form Electronic book
Author Clarke, Michael
Corbeill, Anthony
ISBN 9781910589649
1910589640