A Cultural History of the Senses in Antiquity

Jerry Toner is Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics at Churchill College, University of Cambridge, UK. He is the author of Leisure and Ancient Rome (1995), Popular Culture in Ancient Rome (2009), Homer's Turk: How Classics Shaped Ideas of the East (2013) and Roman Disasters (2013).

Introduction: Sensing the Ancient Past Jerry Toner (University of Cambridge, UK)
1. The Social Life of the Senses: Feasts and Funerals David Potter (University of Michigan, USA)
2. Urban Sensations: Opulence and Ordure Gregory S. Aldrete (University of Wisconsin, USA)
3. The Senses in the Marketplace: The Luxury Market and Eastern Trade in Ancient Rome Andrew Wallace-Hadrill (University of Cambridge, UK)
4. The Senses in Religion: Piety, Critique, Competition Susan Ashbrook Harvey (Brown University, USA)
5. The Senses in Philosophy and Science: Five Conceptions from Heraclitus to Plato Ashley Clements (Trinity College Dublin, UK)
6. Medicine and the Senses: Humours, Potions and Spells Helen King (The Open University, UK) and Jerry Toner (University of Cambridge, UK)
7. The Senses in Literature: Falling in Love in an Ancient Greek Novel Silvia Montiglio (Johns Hopkins Universitry, USA)
8. Art and the Senses: The Artistry of Bodies, Stages and Cities in the Greco-Roman World Mark Bradley (University of Nottingham, UK)
9. Sensory Media: Representation, Communication, and Performance in Ancient Literature Benjamin Stevens (Hollins University, USA)
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Notes on Contributors
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