Hybrid and Extraordinary Beings - Deviations from

Athens: Constantaras, 2017. Conference Proceedings. Bilingual (Greek-English) edition. Texts in parallel columns. Hard cover, 30 cm, 332 pp. ISBN: 978-960-608-016-6.

CONTENTS:

PART I - MYTHOLOGY:

• Monstrous in Ancient Greece
• Winged Hybrid Creatures of the Prehistoric Aegean: Animal – Man – Monster
• Cretan Crossbreeds. Hybridity and Metamorphosis in the Myths of Europa and Pasiphae
• The Multi-corporeality of Beings and Objects in the Mediterranean during the Orientalizing Period (7th c. BCE)
• Disability and Deformity in Greek Vase Painting from the Late Geometric to the Late Classical Period
• Twin Births in Ancient Greece. Myth, Medical Discourse and Iconography
• The Beauty and the Beast: Aphrodite and Teratogenesis in Empedocles' Cosmogony
• Teratogenesis and Monsters in Early Philosophy (from Empedocles to Aristoteles)
• Teratology and Biology on the Edge of the World
• The Cultural Itinerary of Acephalus: From Medieval Cartography to Post-Byzantine Iconography
• Werewolves in Mythology, Literature and Medicine
• Hybrids and Extraordinary Beings - Small Dictionary

PART II - MEDICINE:

• Unraveling the Mysteries of Congenital Anomalies of the Upper and Lower Extremities. From Ancient Mythology to Modern Medicine
• Biology of Toxic Teratogenicity
• Cancer and Pregnancy: Dysplasias in the light of Medicine in the Modern World
• Conceiving the Unconceivable
• Disorders of Sex Development: Hybrids of Human Nature
• Hermaphroditism in Ancient Greece and Rome
• Cleft Lip and Palate: Traditions - Actual Status and Future Prospects
• Congenital Malformations of the Eye: Embryology and Teratology Meet Mythology and Art

PART III - GENETICS:

• A Scientific Look at the Bizarre. From the Gene to the "Alien Body"
• Genetic syndromes from antiquity to today
• Freak shows
• Genetics and Ancient Greek Philosophers: From Myth to Science

PART IV - ART - SOCIOLOGY:

• Aspects of Alterity: From Mythological Presentation to Cinema Representation
• Disease in Visual Arts
• Body Image and the Formation of the Psyche
• The Scientific Approach of the "Hybrid Forms" in the 19th Century
• Anthropomorphism as a Progenitor Theory of Criminology