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The wedding in ancient Athens

John H. Oakley and Rebecca H. Sinos

(Wisconsin studies in classics)

University of Wisconsin Press, c1993

  • : cl
  • : pbk

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Bibliography: p. 143-147

Includes index

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: cl ISBN 9780299137205

Description

Reconstructs the stages of the ancient Greek wedding ceremony using a little-used source of information: vase paintings from the 6th to the 4th centuries BC. The book also explores Athenian wedding iconography and interprets it so that the ceremony can be appreciated by a modern audience.
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: pbk ISBN 9780299137243

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This work reconstructs the stages of the Ancient Greek wedding ceremony using a long-neglected source of information: vase paintings from the sixth through fourth centuries BC. It should be useful for scholars of Greek vases and to those interested in issues of women in Ancient Greece. There are explanations of technical vocabulary within the text and a glossary of Greek terms is included.

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