Aphrodite's tortoise
the veiled woman of ancient Greece
by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
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Greek women routinely wore the veil. That is the unexpected finding of this major study. The Greeks, rightly credited with the invention of civic openness, are revealed as also part of a more eastern tradition of seclusion. Llewellyn-Jones' work proceeds from literary and, notably, from iconographic evidence. In sculpture and vase painting it demonstrates the presence of the veil, often covering the head, but also more unobtrusively folded back onto the shoulders. This discreet fashion not only gave a priviledged view of the face to the ancient art consumer, but also, incidentally, allowed the veil to escape the notice of traditional modern scholarship.
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Greek Sculpture, Social aspects of Veils, Social conditions, Veils, Veils in art, Women, Women in art, Women, greece, Social aspectsPlaces
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Aphrodite's Tortoise: The Veiled Woman of Ancient Greece
2010, Classical Press of Wales, The
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Aphrodite's Tortoise: The Veiled Woman of Ancient Greece
February 2004, Classical Press of Wales
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0954384539 9780954384531
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Aphrodite's tortoise: the veiled woman of ancient Greece
2003, Classical Press of Wales, Distributor in the United States, David Brown
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Aphrodite's Tortoise: The Veiled Woman of Ancient Greece
2003, Classical Press of Wales, The
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1910589896 9781910589892
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Aphrodite's Tortoise: The Veiled Woman of Ancient Greece
2003, Classical Press of Wales, The
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-352) and index.
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