03014nam 2200553 450 991081928950332120230721031544.00-19-156949-61-4294-9191-4(CKB)1000000000473258(EBL)430363(SSID)ssj0000243425(PQKBManifestationID)12076579(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000243425(PQKBWorkID)10322117(PQKB)10533428(MiAaPQ)EBC430363(Au-PeEL)EBL430363(CaPaEBR)ebr11303419(OCoLC)170958755(EXLCZ)99100000000047325820161202h20072007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSeeing 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 five others]Oxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,2007.©20071 online resource (710 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-929153-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; 1.Introduction; PART I. ANTIQUITY; 2.Physiognomy and Ancient Psychological Theory; 3.Polemon's Physiognomy; 4.Physiognomics: Art and Text; PART II. ISLAM; 5.The Islamic Background to Polemon's Treatise; 6.The Semiotic Paradigm: Physiognomy and Medicine in Islamic Culture; 7.Polemon's Physiognomy in the Arabic Tradition; PART III. TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS; 8.A New Edition and Translation of the Leiden Polemon; 9.The Istanbul Polemon (TK Recension): Edition and Translation of the Introduction; 10.The Physiognomy of Adamantius the Sophist11.Anonymus Latinus, Book of PhysiognomyAppendix: The Physiognomy Attributed to Aristotle; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; ZPolemon 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 appearancPhysiognomyHistoryPhysiognomyHistory.138.09Swain SimonBoys-Stones G. R.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819289503321Seeing the face, seeing the soul1376656UNINA