The Athenian Woman: An Iconographic Handbook
Book Details
Author(s)Sian Lewis
PublisherRoutledge
ISBN / ASIN0415232341
ISBN-139780415232340
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank7,108,004
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Here Sian Lewis considers the full range of female existence in classical Greece - childhood and old age, unfree and foreign status, and the ageless woman characteristic of Athenian red-figure painting.
Ceramics are an unparalleled resource for women's lives in ancient Greece, since they show a huge number of female types and activities. Yet it can be difficult to interpret the meanings of these images, especially when they seem to conflict with literary sources.
This much-needed study shows that it is vital to see the vases as archaeology as well as art, since context is the key to understanding which images can stand as evidence for the real lives of women, and which should be reassessed.

