Rome's Visceral Reactions: Politics and Poetics in Flesh and Blood
Author:   Caitlin Hines
Publisher:   The University of Michigan Press
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Pages:   246
Publication Date:   12 January 2026
Format:   Hardback
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Rome's Visceral Reactions: Politics and Poetics in Flesh and Blood


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Author:   Caitlin Hines
Publisher:   The University of Michigan Press
Imprint:   The University of Michigan Press
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780472133666


ISBN 10:   0472133667
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   12 January 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction: Body Metaphor, Semantic Change, and Visceral Reactions Part 1: Politics 1 Anatomy and Sensation 2 Civil Strife and the Body Politic in Cicero, Vergil, and Livy Part 2: Reproduction 3 Womb Words and Kinship Metaphors 4 Abortion and Domestic Violence in Ovid 5 Civil War and Dynastic Struggle in Ovid Part 3: Succession 6 Overdetermined Violence and Polluted Sacrifice in Seneca 7 Self-Destructive Devotion and Aberrant Divination in Lucan Conclusion: Changing Words, Changing Worlds Bibliography Index

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Caitlin Hines is Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Cincinnati.

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