Aphrodite's Tortoise: The Veiled Woman of Ancient Greece

by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

Book Overview

Greek women routinely wore the veil. That is the unexpected finding of this meticulous study, one with interesting implications for the origins of Western civilisation. The Greeks, popularly (and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0954384539
• ISBN13: 9780954384531
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Classical Press of Wales
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.7" x 9.9"