Table of Contents
List of Tables
- Chapter 2
List of Illustrations
- Maps
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
Guide
Pages
Women in Classical Antiquity
From Birth to Death
Laura K. McClure
This edition first published 2020
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Names: McClure, Laura, 1959 author.
Title: Women in classical antiquity from birth to death / Laura K. McClure.
Description: Hoboken, NJ : WileyBlackwell, 2019. | Includes index. | Identifiers: LCCN 2018050273 (print) | LCCN 2018051516 (ebook) | ISBN 9781118413647 (Adobe PDF) | ISBN 9781118413654 (ePub) | ISBN 9781118413517 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781118413524 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: WomenGreeceSocial conditions. | WomenRomeSocial conditions.
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List of Figures
Fragment of Sappho. |
Minoan fresco. |
Warrior vase from Mycenae. |
Dipylon amphora. |
Female aulosplayer on Attic redfigure kylix. |
Diagram of the House of Many Colors. |
Women working wool on blackfigure lekythos. |
Illustration of four Greek vase types. |
Little girl with pet bird on Attic funerary stele. |
Children at play on Attic redfigure chous. |
Young girl mourning with older women on Attic redfigure loutrophoros. |
Statue of Phrasiclea. |
Maiden chorus on Attic whiteground phiale. |
Girl leading sacrificial procession on Attic redfigure volute krater. |
Return of Persephone on Attic redfigure bellkrater. |
Wedding scene on Attic redfigure loutrophoros. |
Birth of Aphrodite, central panel of the Ludovisi throne. |
Penelope at her loom on Attic redfigure skyphos. |
Grave relief of Mnesarete. |
Woman after giving birth, marble votive stele. |
Mother and infant son on Attic redfigure hydria. |
Paris leading Helen away on Attic redfigure skyphos. |
Naked woman spinning wool on Attic redfigure hydria. |
Female entertainer and her male companion on Attic redfigure kylix. |
Priestess of Apollo on Attic redfigure kylix. |
Woman tending phallus garden on Attic redfigure pelike. |
Female mourners, blackfigure terracotta funerary plaque. |
Women carrying offerings to the grave on whiteground lekythos. |
Cnidian Aphrodite. |
Portrait of Arsinoe II on gold octadrachm. |
Portrait of Arsinoe II on faience oenochoe. |
Portrait of Berenice II on floor mosaic. |
Banquet scene, Tomb of the Leopards. |
Roman mosaic depicting Romulus and Remus. |
South panel, Arch of Titus. |
Interior view, Colosseum. |
Roman silver denarius coin with Julius Caesar and Venus. |
Lararium from the house of the Vettii. |
Detail of the south frieze of the Ara Pacis. |
Ivory doll from the sarcophagus of Crepereia Tryphaena. |
Two girls, one holding a stylus and tablet, Roman wall painting. |
Two seated women, fragment of a Roman wall painting. |
Mosaic of girls playing ball. |
Three women at their toilette, Roman wall painting. |
Young woman holding a stylus and tablet. |
Young couple on their wedding night, Roman wall painting, left panel. |
Detail of the south frieze of the Ara Pacis. |
Portrait bust of Livia Drusilla. |
Midwife assisting with childbirth, marble relief. |
Dana nursing the infant Perseus, Roman wall painting. |
Young couple on their wedding night, Roman wall painting, right panel. |
Sex with female on top, panel from the Suburban Baths. |
View of the Lupanar, Pompeii. |
Color lithograph of the statue of Eumachia. |
Brick from the estate of Domitia Lucilla. |
Relief depicting a Vestal Virgin. |
Detail of a wall painting from the Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii. |
List of Charts
The Greek and Roman Gods. |
Family Tree of the Early Ptolemies. |
Family Tree of the JulioClaudians. |
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