Smell and the ancient senses / edited by Mark Bradley.

London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.

xii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-199) and index.

Introduction : smell and the ancient senses / Mark Bradley -- Smell as sign and cure in ancient medicine / Laurence Totelin -- Ancient philosophers on the sense of smell / Han Baltussen -- Divine scents and presence / Ashley Clements -- Smelling trees, flowers and herbs in the ancient world / Jane Draycott -- Making scents of poetry / Shane Butler -- Roman urban smells : the archaeological evidence / Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow -- Urban smells and Roman noses / Neville Morley -- The scent of Roman dining / David Potter -- Foul bodies in ancient Rome / Mark Bradley -- Fragrance in the rabbinic world / Deborah A. Green -- Smell and Christianity / Jerry Toner -- Missing noses / Mark Bradley and Eric Varner.