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Siting the Body
footnote 12
Vernant, J-P. Dim body, dazzling body, in Feher, M.
(Ed.), Fragments for a History of the Human Body, Zone, N.Y., 1989,
1: 21. Vernant reads `corporeity' in archaic Greek as not acknowledging a
distinction between body and soul, nor the notion of an organic unity of
vital and mental functions. Other terms mentioned by Vernant include
demas - stature, size, build: as the erection of a construction of
superimposed rows; eidos and phue - carriage, imposing
appearance; and chros - body, skin, external envelope, flesh-tint,
complexion; guia - bodily members in their suppleness and
articulated mobility; melea - limbs as bearers of force.