The body in antiquity
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# Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

- understand what makes the study of the ancient body important for our understanding of ancient society
- understand the meaning and significance of key theoretical approaches to bodies (‘habitus’, ‘cultural scripts’)
- understand the central role of specific cultural circumstances in the way human societies view and treat the body
- display knowledge of some diverging ancient and modern approaches to the body.
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