The Breast in Greek Antiquity: Intimate and Smelling Cartography of the Body

Abstract

  Breasts, especially those of women, but also men, receive particular attentions; they are often scented or exhale of themselves a plaisant smell. The perfume is an artificial substance which glorifies the body and makes it recognizable. Scented naturally or artificially, the breasts reveal intention of the feelings, they are places of the intimacy.