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Childhood in ancient Athens : iconography and social history /

Childhood in Ancient Athens offers an in-depth study of children during the heyday of the Athenian city state, thereby illuminating a significant social group largely ignored by most ancient and modern authors alike. It concentrates not only on the child's own experience, but also examines the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beaumont, Lesley A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
Colección:Routledge monographs in classical studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; CHILDHOOD IN ANCIENT ATHENS: Iconography and Social History; Copyright; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; Part I INTRODUCTION, DEFINITIONS AND METHODOLOGY; 1 FRAMING THE CONTEXT; 1.1 Scholarship on ancient Greek children and childhood; 1.2 The emergence of the 'history of childhood'; 1.3 Towards an archaeology of childhood; 1.4 Scope and aims of the present work; 2 ATHENIAN DEFINITIONS OF CHILDREN AND CHILDHOOD, AND THE ICONOGRAPHY OF AGE; 2.1 Age and the stages of childhood in Athens; 2.2 Iconographical indicators of age.
  • 2.3 The stages of childhood in Athenian figured artPart II THE JUVENILE LIFE COURSE; 3 BIRTH AND INFANCY; 3.1 Birth; 3.2 Nurture; 3.3 Cult and ritual; 3.4 Death; 4 THE DEVELOPING CHILD; 4.1 Nurture; 4.2 Work; 4.3 Play; 4.4 Education; 4.5 Cult and ritual; 4.6 Death; 5 CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.