Sound and the Ancient Senses 9781315648248, 1315648245, 9781317300410, 1317300416, 9781317300427, 1317300424, 9781317300434, 1317300432

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Sound and the Ancient Senses
9781315648248, 1315648245, 9781317300410, 1317300416, 9781317300427, 1317300424, 9781317300434, 1317300432

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Butler
Shane;Nooter
Sarah

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

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