Dwarfs in Ancient Egypt Greece Solids focusing on Clement of Alexandria

focusing on Clement of Alexandria in the late second century

this book then uncovers the unwritten customary norms that governed the production of these

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Dwarfs in Ancient Egypt Greece Solids focusing on Clement of AlexandriaVronique Dasen here examines dwarfs in myth and everyday life in ancient Egypt and Greece. In both cultures physical beauty was highly admired, even to excess. What happened to those whose appearance did not conform to the `ideal proportion'? The spectacular forms of dwarfism were always a focus of interest, and it is the most depicted disorder in antiquity. In this study Dr Dasen brings together for the first time a whole range of mostly unpublished