The Wedding in Ancient Athens,9780299137243

The Wedding in Ancient Athens

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ISBN13: 9780299137243
ISBN10: 0299137244
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-03-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Wisconsin Pr
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Summary

This enjoyable and innovative book reconstructs the stages of the ancient Greek wedding ceremony using a long-neglected source of information: vase paintings from the sixth through fourth centuries B.C.

Author Biography

John H. Oakley is professor of classical studies at the College of William and Mary. Rebecca H. Sinos is professor of classical studies at Amherst College.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
ix
Preface xiii
Introduction
3(6)
Betrothal and the Wedding Process
9(2)
The Preparations for the Wedding
11(11)
The Wedding
22(16)
After the Wedding
38(5)
Images of the Wedding
43(8)
Figures 51(80)
Notes 131(10)
Glossary of Greek Terms 141(2)
Bibliography 143(6)
Index 149

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