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Women in Classical Athens (Paperback)
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While the men of Classical Athens were fighting wars and producing
great works of art, what were the women doing? According to some of
the male writers of the period, they were at home, making babies
and wool; others thought they were likely to be visiting their
friends and partying till the small hours. This text investigates
the many contrasting images of Athenian women which the Classical
Age produced. Taking as its starting point women in the Parthenon
sculptures, it examines two levels of feminine experience: the
human and the divine. The interplay between women's religious
prominence and their domestic obscurity is discussed in relation to
the young citizen women who lead the procession; while the great
goddesses represented in the frieze are studied in terms of their
relationships with human worshippers and, on a symbolic level, with
the mythological females, such as the Amazons, who appear in the
metopes. Finally, the book turns to a third aspect, looking at the
women who do not appear in the Parthenon sculptures -- the
prostitutes, slaves and alien women who make a vital economic and
ideological contribution to the Athenian achievement.
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