Disability in Ancient Greece

Monday 18 July 2022

Hosted by Fiona Radford and Peta Greenfield with guest Debby Sneed

Abstract: There are many groups that are often overlooked in both ancient and modern societies. One of those are people with disabilities. Expert Dr Debby Sneed talks about her work on impairment in antiquity, having examined a range of sources about this topic, including human remains, temples and textual evidence.

Podcast episode on The Partial Historians, April 8, 2021.

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