Women in the Athenian Agora
Women in the Athenian Agora

Author: Susan I. Rotroff

Publisher: ASCSA

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 31

ISBN-13: 0876616449

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Using evidence from the Athenian Agora, the authors show how objects discovered during excavations provide a vivid picture of women's lives. The book is structured according to the social roles women played: as owners of property, companions (in and outside of marriage), participants in ritual, craftspeople, producers, and consumers. A final section moves from the ancient world to the modern, discussing the role of women as archaeologists in the early years of the Agora excavations.

The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens

Author: Jenifer Neils

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-02-18

Total Pages: 505

ISBN-13: 1108484557

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This book is a comprehensive introduction to ancient Athens, its topography, monuments, inhabitants, cultural institutions, religious rituals, and politics. Drawing from the newest scholarship on the city, this volume examines how the city was planned, how it functioned, and how it was transformed from a democratic polis into a Roman urbs.

Live Alone And Like It
Live Alone And Like It

Author: Marjorie Hillis

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2012-11-22

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 1405524898

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THE BEST SELLING NOVEL WHICH CREATED A WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON 'A perfect bedside companion for the post-Bridget Jones generation' DAILY TELEGRAPH (CANADA) 'Hillis's book gave rise to 'Live Alone' accessories, including cocktail shakers, china dogs and negligees' WALL STREET JOURNAL 'She was boldly leading a vanguard of young women into a self-reliant, judgment-free future' NATIONAL This 1936 bestseller sold over 100,000 copies in the first two months of its release. Marjorie Hillis, a 1930s Vogue editor, provides a stylish, no-nonsense guide to living and loving single life. Written with wisdom, humour and panache, this is advice that will never go out of fashion. She takes women through the fundamentals of living alone by showing them how to create a welcoming environment and cultivate home-friendly hobbies, 'for no woman can accept an invitation every night without coming to grief.' 'Chances are that at sometime in your life, possibly only now and then between husbands, you will find yourself settling down to a solitary existence. You may do it from choice. Lots of people do ... Whether you view your one-woman menage as Doom or Adventure (and whether you are twenty-six or sixty-six), you need a plan.' Who can resist a book with chapters such as 'A Lady and Her Liquor', 'Pleasures of a Single Bed' and 'Solitary Refinement'? Live Alone and Like It is sure to appeal to live-aloners' and those considering taking the plunge. With beautiful and stylish line drawings by a Vogue illustrator.

Tan Men/Pale Women
Tan Men/Pale Women

Author: Mary Ann Eaverly

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2013-12-10

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0472119117

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Investigating the history behind color as a method of gender differentiation in ancient Greek and Egyptian art

Politics and the Street in Democratic Athens
Politics and the Street in Democratic Athens

Author: Alex Gottesman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-10-02

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1107041686

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This book examines 'informal' politics, such as gossip and political theatrics, and how they related to more 'formal' politics of assembly and courts.

The Symposium in Context
The Symposium in Context

Author: Kathleen M. Lynch

Publisher: ASCSA

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 0876615469

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This book presents the first well-preserved set of sympotic pottery which served a Late Archaic house in the Athenian Agora. The deposit contains household and fine-ware pottery, nearly all the figured pieces of which are forms associated with communal drinking. Since it comes from a single house, the pottery also reflects purchasing patterns and thematic preferences of the homeowner. The multifaceted approach adopted in this book shows that meaning and use are inherently related, and that through archaeology one can restore a context of use for a class of objects frequently studied in isolation. Winner of the 2013 James R. Wiseman Book Award given by the Archaeological Institute of America.

The Athenian Woman
The Athenian Woman

Author: Sian Lewis

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 1135128324

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Here Sian Lewis considers the full range of female existence in classical Greece - childhood and old age, unfree and foreign status, and the ageless woman characteristic of Athenian red-figure painting. Ceramics are an unparalleled resource for women's lives in ancient Greece, since they show a huge number of female types and activities. Yet it can be difficult to interpret the meanings of these images, especially when they seem to conflict with literary sources. This much-needed study shows that it is vital to see the vases as archaeology as well as art, since context is the key to understanding which images can stand as evidence for the real lives of women, and which should be reassessed.

The Athenian Adonia in Context
The Athenian Adonia in Context

Author: Laurialan Reitzammer

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres

Published: 2016-05-11

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 0299308200

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A fresh examination of a marginalized women's festival that influenced Athenian art, drama, philosophy, and public institutions.

The Athenian Agora
The Athenian Agora

Author: Laura Gawlinski

Publisher: American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Published: 2014-06-18

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1621390179

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Written for the general visitor, the Athenian Agora Museum Guide is a companion to the 2010 edition of the Athenian Agora Site Guide and leads the reader through all of the display spaces within the Stoa of Attalos in the Athenian Agora - the terrace, the ground-floor colonnade, and the newly opened upper story. The guide also discusses each case in the museum gallery chronologically, beginning with the prehistoric and continuing with the Geometric, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods. Hundreds of artifacts, ranging from common pottery to elite jewelry held in 81 cases, are described and illustrated in color for the very first time. Through focus boxes, readers can learn about marble-working, early burial practices, pottery production, ostracism, home life, and the wells that dotted the ancient site. A timeline, maps, and plans accompany the text. For those who wish to learn more about what they see in the museum, a list of further reading follows each entry.