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Seeing the Face, Seeing the Soul: Polemon's Physiognomy from Classical Antiquity to Medieval Islam
Seeing the Face Seeing the Soul Polemon's Physiognomy from Classical Antiquity to Medieval Islam
Author: George Boys-Stones, Jas Elsner, Antonella Ghersetti, Robert Hoyland, Ian Repath
Polemon of Laodicea (near modern Denizli, south-west Turkey) was a wealthy Greek aristocrat and a key member of the intellectual movement known as the Second Sophistic. Among his works was the Physiognomy, a manual on how to tell character from appearance, thus enabling its readers to choose friends and avoid enemies on sight. Its formu...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199291533
ISBN-10: 0199291535
Publication Date: 5/10/2007
Pages: 600
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
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