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All subjects (including unvalidated):

subject	book bibliographic info
gesture	Bexley (2022) 63, 64, 66, 138, 139, 142, 184, 188, 190, 193, 201, 209, 211, 216, 217, 232
gesture, clementia, imperial	Manolaraki (2012) 77, 107, 179
gesture, communication, by	Stavrianopoulou (2006) 73
gesture, deictic	Kingsley Monti and Rood (2022) 221
gesture, handclasping, dexiōsis, sanctifying	Sommerstein and Torrance (2014) 29, 49, 343, 365
gestures	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer (2022) 72, 343, 344 Stavrianopoulou (2006) 188, 189, 204, 205
gestures, accompanying oaths	Sommerstein and Torrance (2014) 137
gestures, arm flap	Richlin (2018) 96, 456
gestures, arms akimbo	Richlin (2018) 210, 216
gestures, cicero, on	Hidary (2017) 45
gestures, in oath rituals	Fletcher (2012) 8, 9, 12, 21, 43, 92, 96, 137, 163
gestures, in rhetoric	Dilley (2019) 131, 133
gestures, in speaking, quintilian, on	Dilley (2019) 131
gestures, literal interpretations of symbolic	Rosen-Zvi (2012) 86
gestures, of jews in medieval christian art	Ashbrook Harvey et al (2015) 91
gestures, of prayer	Meister (2019) 149 Shannon-Henderson (2019) 53, 278, 294
gestures, of supplication	Meister (2019) 134, 135, 153, 155 Shannon-Henderson (2019) 7, 36, 76
gestures, or directly?, philoponus, do demons know our thoughts through speech and	Sorabji (2000) 365
gestures, pointing	Richlin (2018) 141, 271
gestures, pointing to self	Richlin (2018) 123, 176, 298, 319, 345, 346
gestures, ritual	Luck (2006) 466
gestures, shaking hands	Stavrianopoulou (2006) 186, 192
gestures, shoving	Richlin (2018) 216, 270
gestures, spitting	Richlin (2018) 210, 468
gestures, stage wink	Richlin (2018) 318, 429
gestures, symbolic	Stavrianopoulou (2006) 183
gestures, touching	Stavrianopoulou (2006) 15, 186, 192, 194, 219, 220, 221, 222, 224
posture/gesture, prayer	Jonquière (2007) 2, 8, 21, 52, 55, 105, 106, 112, 142

List of validated texts:

3 validated results for "gesture"

1. Euripides, Iphigenia At Aulis, 919-936 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Gestures, of supplication • handclasping (dexiōsis), sanctifying gesture

Found in books: Meister (2019) 153; Sommerstein and Torrance (2014) 29

919. On the following speech Paley has this remark: there are very grave reasons for doubting whether the genuine speech of Achilles has not been superseded, either wholly or in part, by the verses of a cunning imitator. The reasoning throughout is extremely difficult to follow, if indeed possible, and there are numerous exceptional phrases. Dindorf incloses large portions of this speech in brackets, but it is hard to see why he decides one part to be more suspicious than another. My proud spirit is stirred to range aloft, butI have learned to grieve in misfortune'920. and rejoice in high prosperity with equal moderation. For these are the men who can count on ordering all their life rightly by wisdom’s rules. True, there are cases where it is pleasant not to be too wise, 925. but there are others, where some store of wisdom helps. Brought up in godly Chiron’s halls myself, I learned to keep a single heart; and provided the Atridae lead well, I will obey them; but when they cease from that, no more will I obey; 930. no, but here and in Troy I will show the freedom of my nature, and, as far as in me lies, do honor to Ares with my spear. You, lady, who have suffered so cruelly from your nearest and dearest, I will, by every effort in a young man’s power, set right, investing you with that amount of pity 935. and never shall your daughter, after being once called my bride, die by her father’s hand; for I will not lend myself to your husband’s subtle tricks; no! for it will be my name that kills your child, although it does not wield the sword. Your own husband '. None

2. Sophocles, Women of Trachis, 1181-1188 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Gestures • gestures in oath rituals • handclasping (dexiōsis), sanctifying gesture

Found in books: Fletcher (2012) 8; Sommerstein and Torrance (2014) 29, 343; Stavrianopoulou (2006) 205

1181. First of all, put your right hand in mine. Hyllus: '1182. With what purpose in mind do you so strongly urge this pledge on me? Heracles: 1183. Give your hand at once—do not disobey me! Hyllus: 1184. Here, I hold it out to you. Nothing will be denied you. Heracles: 1185. Now, swear by the head of Zeus my begetter! Hyllus: 1186. To do what deed? May this also be revealed? Heracles: 1187. To perform for me the task that I shall impose. Hyllus: 1188. I swear it with Zeus for witness of the oath. Heracles: '. None

3. None, None, nan (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • gestures in oath rituals • handclasping (dexiōsis), sanctifying gesture

Found in books: Fletcher (2012) 163; Sommerstein and Torrance (2014) 343

Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.

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