{"id":21599,"date":"2023-01-25T10:24:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T09:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=223461"},"modified":"2023-01-25T11:35:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T10:35:17","slug":"blood-sweat-marble-examining-ancient-bodies","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/blood-sweat-marble-examining-ancient-bodies\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood, sweat &#038; marble: examining ancient bodies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Elinor Evans\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 25 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Imagine an ancient Greek or Roman body, and the first picture that pops into your head is probably made of marble or stone \u2013 perhaps an austere bust, or a gleaming, musclebound sculpture, polished, cold and pale. But what about the experience of living in a real body, in all its pleasure, pain and flaws, during antiquity? Speaking with Elinor Evans, Caroline Vout presents the flesh and blood realities of life \u2013 and death \u2013 in ancient Greece and Rome.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-223461-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/01\/bloodsweatandmarble-2dca2b3.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/01\/bloodsweatandmarble-2dca2b3.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/01\/bloodsweatandmarble-2dca2b3.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caroline Vout is the author of <em>Exposed: The Greek and Roman Body<\/em> (Profile Books, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/exposed-the-greek-and-roman-body\/9781788162906&quot;\">Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Exposed-Greek-Roman-Caroline-Vout\/dp\/1788162919?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">Buy now on Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&amp;xcust=historyextra-social-histboty&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fexposed%2Fcaroline-vout%2F9781788162906&quot;\">Buy now on Waterstones<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Elinor Evans Published: Wednesday, 25 January 2023 at 12:00 am Imagine an ancient Greek or Roman body, and the first picture that pops into your head is probably made of marble or stone \u2013 perhaps an austere bust, or a gleaming, musclebound sculpture, polished, cold and pale. 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