Title Color-terms in social and cultural context in ancient Rome / Rachael B. Goldman

Published Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 193 pages) Series Gorgias studies in classical and late antiquity ; 3 Gorgias studies in classical and late antiquity ; 3. Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Texts, Translations, and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Different Hues, Different Views -- Modern Approaches to Roman Colors -- A Thematic Approach to the Subject -- Chapter One: Aulus Gellius' Colorful Digression -- The Color Debate: Latin Color Terms -- Greek Color-Terms -- Fronto and the Roman Artistic Background -- Favorinus and Physiognomy -- Summary -- Chapter Two: Ancient Dyes: Color Me Beautiful -- Purple Dyers -- Red Dyers -- Other Dyers Vitruvian ColorsSummary -- Chapter Three: Colored Clothing: You Are What You Wear -- Purple Colored Clothing -- Red Colored Clothing -- Blue and Green Colored Clothing -- Yellow Colored Clothing -- White, Gray, Black, and Brown -- Pullus -- Summary -- Chapter Four: Clothes Make the Man: Class and Color-Terms -- Trimalchio the Freedman -- The Freedman's Wife -- The Freedman's Feast -- Freedmen in Poetry -- Summary -- Chapter Five: Color Wars: Roman Chariot Teams -- The Setting -- The Teams -- The Greens -- The Blues The Reds, Whites, and OthersEpilogue -- Chapter Six: Color Physiognomy: You Are What You Look Like -- Descriptions of Emperors -- Descriptions of Ordinary Men -- Descriptions of Women -- Descriptions of Non-Romans -- Gauls, Germans, and Britons -- Assyrians, Egyptians, Ethiopians, Etruscans, and Indians -- Summary -- Chapter Seven: The Multicolored World of the Romans -- Versicolor -- Decolor and Decolorare -- Discolor -- Bicolor -- Multicolor -- Omnicolor -- Unicolor and Concolor -- Summary -- Conclusions: Did Color-Terms Have an Ancient History? Summary Romans attached nuanced implications to color-terms which went beyond their literal meaning, using these terms as a form of cultural assessment, defining their social values and order. By analyzing the use and color words in specific contexts, we can gain greater insight into the Roman mind Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes Print version record Subject Colors -- Social aspects -- Rome Sociolinguistics -- Rome Social structure -- Rome POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Colors -- Social aspects Manners and customs Social structure Sociolinguistics Farbbezeichnung Symbolisme des couleurs -- Rome. Couleur dans les vêtements -- Aspect social -- Antiquité. Sociolinguistique -- Rome. SUBJECT Rome -- Social life and customs Subject Rome (Empire) Römisches Reich Rome -- Civilisation. Rome. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781463203542 1463203543 9781463235420 1463235429

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