think a lot of my clutuals will be interested in this open access book published this year:
In ancient Rome, the Latin word viscera denoted the inner parts of the body, where physical sensations related to fear and anger could be fe
Part 1: Politics
Chapter 1. Anatomy, Sensation, and Sacrifice 25
Chapter 2. Civil Strife and the Body Politic in Cicero, Vergil, and Livy
Part 2: Reproduction
Chapter 3. Womb Words and Kinship Metaphors
Chapter 4. Abortion and Domestic Violence in Ovid
Chapter 5. Civil War and Dynastic Struggle in Ovid
Part 3: Succession
Chapter 6. Overdetermined Violence and Polluted Sacrifice in Seneca
Chapter 7. Self-Destructive Devotion and Aberrant Divination in Lucan
Conclusion: Changing Words, Changing Worlds