This engrossing book was the first ever investigation into the plight of the disabled and deformed in Graeco-Roman society, drawing on a wealth of material, including literary texts, medical tracts, vase paintings, sculpture, mythology and ethnography. It is now issued in paperback for the first time with a new preface and updated bibliography.
- ISBN10 1853997374
- ISBN13 9781853997372
- Publish Date 31 August 2010 (first published 23 February 1995)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 24 January 2015
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint Bristol Classical Press
- Edition 2nd ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 280
- Language English