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Aphrodite's tortoise : the veiled woman of ancient Greece

Title
Aphrodite's tortoise : the veiled woman of ancient Greece / Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones.
Author
Llewellyn-Jones, Lloyd.
Publication
Swansea, Wales : Classical Press of Wales ; Oakville, CT : Distributor in the United States, David Brown, c2003.

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x, 358 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
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  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-352) and index.
Contents
Veiling the ancient Greeks -- Defining 'The veil' -- Veil-styles in the ancient Greek world -- Revealing the veil: problems in the iconography of veiling -- Who Veils? Veiling and social identity in the ancient Greek sources -- 'Veiled and ashamed' -- Aphrodite's Tortoise: veiling, social separation and domestic space -- From parthenos to gyne: veiling and the female life cycle -- Veiling the polluted woman -- The white and the black: conspicuous veiling.
Call Number
JFE 06-4182
ISBN
0954384539
LCCN
2004299986
OCLC
54072024
Author
Llewellyn-Jones, Lloyd.
Title
Aphrodite's tortoise : the veiled woman of ancient Greece / Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones.
Imprint
Swansea, Wales : Classical Press of Wales ; Oakville, CT : Distributor in the United States, David Brown, c2003.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-352) and index.
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JFE 06-4182
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