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Witness the animals (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Physiognomic omens (Alandimmû and Nigdimdimmû) 05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore 05.02 Omen interpretation 05.02.06 Physiognomic omens (Alandimmû and Nigdimdimmû)	Keywords Greece Mesopotamia omens physiognomy
Period 4th century BCE Greek Classical Age Neo-Assyrian Empire	Channel Greek philosophers and scholars

Text
Alamdimmû 8.127-134:
If (the face is like) the face of a statue / bison / lion / camel / hawk / dog / pig / fox etc.

Aristotle, Physiognomy:
Those with thin faces are careful, with fleshiness are cowardly; witness asses and deer. Those with small faces are little-minded; this applies to the cat and the monkey. Those with large faces are sluggish; witness asses and cattle.

Sources (list of abbreviations)
Alamdimmû 8.127-134
Aristotle, Physiognomy

Bibliography

Geller 2001-2002, 71

Geller, Mark J. “West Meets East. Early Greek and Babylonian Diagnosis.” Archiv für Orientforschung 48/49 (2001-2002) 50-75.

Amar Annus

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