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The Death of the Maiden in Classical Athens (Greek, Paperback)
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The present study examines the death of maidens in classical
Athens, combining the study of Attic funerary iconography with
research on classical Attic maiden burials, funerary inscriptions,
tragic plays, as well as the relevant Attic myths. The iconography
of funerary reliefs focuses on the idealized image of the deceased
maiden, as well as the powerful bonds of love and kinship that
unite her with the members of her family, whereas the iconography
of vases emphasizes the premature death of the maiden, the pain of
loss and mourning felt by her family, as well as the observance of
the indispensable funerary rites concerning her burial and 'tomb
cult'. Particularly interesting is the fact that the 'traditional'
theory according to which the loutrophoros marked the graves of the
unmarried dead alone has been proven non valid. The study of
classical Attic maiden burials indicates that the prematurely dead
maidens were buried as children who didn't live long enough to
reach adulthood. The untimely death of maidens in Attic drama and
mythology is beneficial to the family or the city. In great
contrast to that, the premature death of real - life Athenian
maidens was a terrible disaster for the girls' families, as well as
the polis itself. Despite this, the iconography of dead maidens in
classical Athens is in accordance with the 'image' of the deceased
maidens presented by funerary epigrams, tragedy, and mythology. It
has to be noted though, that the same is not true in the case of
maiden burials. This Access Archaeology publication presents a
special edition of Katia Margariti's doctoral thesis entitled The
Death of the Maiden in Classical Athens. The original thesis was
submitted to the Department of History, Archaeology, and Social
Anthropology (IAKA) of the University of Thessaly in Volos in 2010.
Here the original thesis is augmented by an extensive 63 page
summary in English accompanied by the original Greek text,
catalogue and illustrations. The thesis contains much valuable
analysis and catalogue material and this publication has been
produced in order that the work should not be overlooked merely for
reasons of language.
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