Ancient Greece and Disability

Ancient Greek society engaged with disability in complex and often
surprising ways. Disabled people were present across all levels of
society, from soldiers, labourers, poets, seers, and even kings. While
Greek culture often is thought of for celebrating idealised bodies, it
also made space for individuals with physical disability and bodily
difference, who could hold positions of authority, influence, and
respect. Blind seers, injured war veterans, physically disabled rulers,
and others appear in myth, history, and art.