Women in Classical Athens

by Sue Blundell

Book Overview

This book takes as its starting-point the images of women in the Parthenon sculptures, in order to investigate two levels of feminine experience in Classical Athens, the human and the divine. The inter-play between women's religious prominence and their domestic obscurity is examined in relation to the young citizen women who lead the procession; while the great goddesses represented in the frieze are studies in terms of their relationships with their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853995436
• ISBN13: 9781853995439
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"