[The child who will never grow].
The evolution of the status of dwarfs in the Hellenistic and Roman period is witnessed by a number of evidence, mainly iconographic. This paper revisits extant representations at the light of ancient medical texts and physiognomics. Most objects relate short-statured people with the world of entertainement (musicians, athletes) and reveal their continuing function as good-luck bringers.
Dasen
Véronique
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Département des Sciences de l'Antiquité, Université de Fribourg, Suisse, CH.
D004392:Dwarfism / Q000266:history*; D018645:Greek World / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D010826:Physiognomy; D011998:Recreation; D018644:Roman World / Q000266:history*; D012613:Sculpture / Q000266:history*