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An Introduction to Body–Machine Intersections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2023

By
Maria Gerolemou  and
George Kazantzidis
Edited by
Maria Gerolemou  and
George Kazantzidis
Maria Gerolemou
Affiliation:
Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington
George Kazantzidis
Affiliation:
University of Patras, Greece
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*In December 2018, a group of archaeologists, philosophers, historians and classicists came together at the University of Cyprus to discuss body–machine interactions in Greek and Roman antiquity. The idea for this volume has grown from that conversation. We would like to thank the University of Cyprus and the Department of Classics there for their support.

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Body and Machine in Classical Antiquity , pp. 1 - 16
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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