Sound leaves no ruins and no residues, even though it is experienced constantly. It is ubiquitous but fleeting. Even silence has sound, even absence resonates.<i>Sound and the Ancient Senses</i>aims to hear the lost sounds of antiquity, from the sounds of the human body to those of the gods, from th
Sound and the Ancient Senses
โ Scribed by Butler, Shane;Nooter, Sarah
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis (CAM);Routledge
- Year
- 2019;2017
- Tongue
- English
- Series
- Senses in antiquity
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Table of Contents
List of figures and audioList of contributors Introduction: Sounding HearingShane Butler and Sarah Nooter Part I. Ancient Soundscapes1. The Sound of the SacredTimothy Power2. Hearing Ancient Sounds Through Modern EarsArmand D'Angour3. Sounding Out Public Space in Late Republican RomeErika Holter, Susanne Muth, and Sebastian Schwesinger4. Vocal Expression in Roman MourningValerie Hope Part II. Theories of Sound5. Sound: An Aristotelian PerspectiveStephen Kidd6. Greek Acoustic Theory: Simple and complex soundsAndrew Barker7. The Soundscape of Ancient Greek HealingColin Webster8. Lucretius on SoundPamela Zinn Part III. Philology and Sound9. Gods and VowelsJoshua T. Katz10. The Song of the Sirens Between Sound and SenseSilvia Montiglio11. Auditory PhilologySean Gurd12. Sounds of the StageSarah Nooter13. The Erogenous EarPauline LeVen14. Principles of Sound ReadingShane Butler BibliographyIndex
โฆ Subjects
PSYCHOLOGY--Physiological Psychology;Senses and sensation;Senses and sensation--History;Sound--Psychological aspects;Sound--Religious aspects;;Electronic books;History;Sound -- Psychological aspects;Sound -- Religious aspects;Senses and sensation -- History;PSYCHOLOGY -- Physiological Psychology
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