Body language in the Greek and Roman worlds

• Other Authors: Cairns, Douglas (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Swansea Oakville, CT Classical Press of Wales D. Brown Book Co. 2005
• Subjects: Ελληνες, Αρχαίοι > Τρόπος ζωής; Ρωμαίοι > Τρόπος ζωής; Γλώσσα του σώματος > Ελλάδα, Αρχαία; Γλώσσα του σώματος > Ρωμαϊκή αυτοκρατορία; Πολιτισμός, Ελληνικός > Κοινωνικές απόψεις; Πολιτισμός, Ρωμαϊκός > Κοινωνικές απόψεις

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Douglas Cairns
• Introduction /Hans van Wees
• Clothes, class and gender in Homer /Michael Clarke
• On the semantics of ancient Greek smiles /Daniel B. Levine
• EPATON BAMA ('her lovely footstep') : the erotics of feet in ancient Greece /Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
• Body language and the female role player in Greek tragedy and Japanese Kabuki theatre /Ioanna N. Papadopoulou
• Sardanapallus' gesture /Douglas Cairns
• Bullish looks and sidelong glances : social interaction and the eyes in ancient Greek culture /Anthony Corbeill
• Gesture in ealy Roman law : empty forms or essential formalities? /Costas Panayotakis
• Nonverbal behaviour on the Roman comic stage /Francis Cairns
• Lavinia's blush (Virgil Aeneid 12.64-70) /Glenys Davies. On being seated : gender and body language in Hellenistic and Roman art /