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Health and wellbeing in the ancient world
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Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Helen King, a Professor of Classical Studies at The Open University, with support from Laurence Totelin and Patty Baker. It was first published in August 2019.

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Figure 2: © Trustees of the British Museum; https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-nc-sa/ 4.0/

Figure 3: WolfgangRieger; John R. Clarke: Ars Erotica. Darmstadt: Primus 2009- https://upload.wikimedia.org/ wikipedia/ commons/ a/ ac/ Antiochia_-_House_of_the_Evil_Eye.jpg

Figure 4: Giovanni Dall'Orto; taken from https://commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/ File:Istanbul_-_Museo_archeologico_-_Mostra_sul_colore_nell%27antichit%C3%A0_08_-_Foto_G._Dall%27Orto_28-5-2006.jpg

Figure 5: Marsyas; taken from https://commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/ File:ACMA_679_Kore_2.JPG

Figure 6: Relief depicting an oculist exam... Roman, (2nd century AD) Credit: Museo della Civilta Romana, Rome, Italy/Bridgeman Images/Bridgeman Art Library

Figure 7: © Mark Robinson

Figure 8: Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester

Figure 9: taken from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/ File:Alexander_the_Great_mosaic.jpg

Figure 10: VRoma Project. http://www.vroma.org/

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