Smells and Senses of Antiquity in the Modern Imagination

Adeline Grand-Clément is Associate Professor at the University of Toulouse 2 and a Member of the Institut Universitaire de France (2016-2021), France. Charlotte Ribeyrol is Associate Professor at the Sorbonne in Paris and is a Member of the Institut Universitaire de France (2015-2022), France.

The Smells and Senses of Antiquity makes an important contribution to Classics as a whole.

• Introduction: The Fragrant and the Foul: What did Antiquity Smell Like?Adeline Grand-Clément, University of Toulouse 2 and the Institut Universitaire de France, France and Charlotte Ribeyrol, Sorbonne University and the Institut Universitaire de France, FranceI What Smell is the Sacred? The Sensoriality of Antique Rituals Chapter 1. ‘ “Unguent from a Carven Jar”: Odour and Perfume in Arthur Machen’s The Hill of Dreams (1907)’ Catherine Maxwell, Queen Mary University of London, UKChapter 2. ‘Incense and Perfumes for Isis. Sensorial Reconstruction of the Pompeian Ritual of Isis in the Visual Arts’ Anna Guédon, University of Toulouse 2, France II Gendered Smells and Bodies Chapter 3. ‘From Gorgons to Goop: Scent Therapy and the Smell of Transformation in Antiquity and the Holistic Health Movement’ Margaret Day Elsner, University of the South in Sewanee, USAChapter 4. ‘The smell of marble: Warmth and Sensuality of the Twenty-first Century Classical Bodies’ Fabien Bièvre-Perrin, University Lumière-Lyon, France and Tiphaine Annabelle Besnard, University of Aix-Marseille, FranceIII Sensing Otherness from Canvas to ScreenChapter 5. ‘Sensing the Past: Sensory Stimuli in Nineteenth-Century Depictions of Roman Baths’ Giacomo Savani, University of Leicester, UKChapter 6. ‘Evoking Empathy: Smell in the 21st Century Reception of Antiquity’ Kim Berdeen, Leiden University, The NetherlandsIV Recreating the Fragrance(s) of the Past Chapter 7. ‘Archiving the Intangible: Preserving Smells, Historic Perfumes and Other Ways of Approaching the Scented Past’Cecilia Bembibre, Institute for Sustainable Heritage at University College London, UKChapter 8. ‘The “Persistence” of an Ancient Perfume: the Rose of Paestum’ Giulia Corrente, University of Rome, ItalyChapter 9. ‘The Fragrance of Ancient Kyphi: An Experimental Workshop’ Amandine Declercq, University of Toulouse 2, FranceV Re-enacting the Fragrance(s) of the PastChapter 10. ‘“Balsama et crocum per gradus theatri fluere iussit” (Vita Hadr. 19,5)-The Contemporary Reception of Smells and Senses in the Roman Theatre’ Raffaella Viccei, Catholic University of Milan, ItalyChapter 11. ‘Incense on the grass. A “strongly perfumed” Libation bearers (1999)’ Martina Treu, IULM University of Milan, ItalyChapter 12. ‘Untarnished Experiences? - Re-enactors and Their Appraisal of Smell as Gateway into the Ancient World’ Martin Lindner, University of Göttingen, GermanyEnvoi. ‘“Scratch and Sniff”: Recovering and Rediscovering Roman Aroma’ Mark Bradley, University of Nottingham, UKNotesBibliographyIndex