Aphrodite's Tortoise

Aphrodite's Tortoise The Veiled Woman of Ancient Greece

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Publisher's Synopsis

This study concludes that Greek women routinely wore the veil. The Greeks, popularly credited with the invention of civic openness, are revealed as also part of a more Eastern tradition of seclusion. Literature and sculpture and vase painting is examined in evidence.

Book information

ISBN: 9781905125425
Publisher: Classical Press of Wales
Imprint: Classical Press of Wales
Pub date:
DEWEY: 305.420938
DEWEY edition: 23
Number of pages: 358
Weight: 800g
Height: 234mm
Width: 165mm
Spine width: 25mm