Seeing the face, seeing the soul : Polemon's Physiognomy from classical antiquity to medieval Islam / edited by Simon Swain ; with contributions by George Boys-Stones [and others.

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TextLanguage: English, Arabic, Greek, Modern (1453- ), Latin Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [(c)2007.]Description: 1 online resource (ix, 699 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

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9781429491914
1429491914
9780191569494
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Contents:

Introduction / Simon Swain. part I. Antiquity. Physiognomy and ancient psychological theory / George Boys-Stone -- Polemon's Physiognomy / Simon Swain -- Physiognomics: art and text / Jaś Elsner. part II. Islam. The Islamic background to Polemon's treatise / Robert Hoyland -- The semiotic paradigm: physiognomy and medicine in Islamic culture / Antonella Ghersetti -- Polemon's Physiognomy in the Arabic tradition / Antonella Ghersetti with Simon Swain. part III. Texts and translations. A new edition and translation of the Leiden Polemon / Robert Hoyland -- The Istanbul Polemon (TK Recension): edition and translation of the introduction / Antonella Ghersetti -- The Physiognomy of Adamantius the Sophist / Ian Repath -- Anonymus Latinus, Book of Physiognomy / Ian Repatyh. Appendix: The Physiognomy attributed to Aristotle / Simon Swain.

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Summary: Polemon of Laodicea's Physiognomy explains how to detect someone's character from their appearance. The original 2nd-century text has been lost, but this collection of essays presents translations of the surviving Greek, Latin, and Arabic versions together with a series of masterly studies on the Physiognomy's origins, function, and legacy. - ;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 appearanc.

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Polemon of Laodicea's Physiognomy explains how to detect someone's character from their appearance. The original 2nd-century text has been lost, but this collection of essays presents translations of the surviving Greek, Latin, and Arabic versions together with a series of masterly studies on the Physiognomy's origins, function, and legacy. - ;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 appearanc.

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