Véronique Dasen
Department of Sciences of Antiquity, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, CH
Keywords:
Dwarfs, Pygmies , Entertainment , Circus, Amulets
Abstract
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 object relate short-statured people with the world of entertsinement ( musicians, athletes ) and reveal their continuing fuction as good-luck bringers.
