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12. The question of ekphrasis in ancient Levantine narrative 12. 古代黎凡特叙事中的措辞问题

Visualizing the invisible with the human body Pub Date : 2019-11-18 DOI: 10.1515/9783110642698-013

Cory Crawford

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13. Physiognomy as a secret for the king. The chapter on physiognomy in the pseudo-Aristotelian “Secret of Secrets” 13. 相面术是国王的秘密。伪亚里士多德的《秘密中的秘密》中关于面相的一章

Visualizing the invisible with the human body Pub Date : 2019-11-18 DOI: 10.1515/9783110642698-014

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2. Mesopotamian and Indian physiognomy 2. 美索不达米亚和印度地貌

Visualizing the invisible with the human body Pub Date : 2019-11-18 DOI: 10.1515/9783110642698-003

K. Zysk

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8. Physiognomic roots in the rhetoric of Cicero and Quintilian: The application and transformation of traditional physiognomics 8. 面相学根源于西塞罗和昆提连的修辞学:传统面相学的应用与改造

Visualizing the invisible with the human body Pub Date : 2019-11-18 DOI: 10.1515/9783110642698-009

L. Marcucci

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15. A lost Greek text on physiognomy by Archelaos of Alexandria in Arabic translation transmitted by Ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Dimashqī: An edition and translation of the fragments with glossaries of the Greek, Syriac, and Arabic traditions

Visualizing the invisible with the human body Pub Date : 2019-11-18 DOI: 10.1515/9783110642698-016

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Index 指数

Visualizing the invisible with the human body Pub Date : 2019-11-18 DOI: 10.1515/9783110642698-017

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3. Umṣatu in omen and medical texts: An overview 3.在预兆和医学文本Umṣatu:概述

Visualizing the invisible with the human body Pub Date : 2019-11-18 DOI: 10.1515/9783110642698-004

S. Salin

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1. Demarcating ekphrasis in Mesopotamia 1. 划定美索不达米亚的用语

Visualizing the invisible with the human body Pub Date : 2019-11-18 DOI: 10.1515/9783110642698-002

J. C. Johnson, C. Johnson

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Frontmatter

Visualizing the invisible with the human body Pub Date : 2019-11-18 DOI: 10.1515/9783110642698-fm

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Introduction to “Visualizing the invisible with the human body: Physiognomy and ekphrasis in the ancient world” 《用人体形象化看不见的东西:古代的相术和用语》导言

Visualizing the invisible with the human body Pub Date : 2019-11-18 DOI: 10.1515/9783110642698-001

Alessandro Stavru

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