Children in the Hellenistic World - Statues and Representation

Bobou offers a systematic analysis of ancient Greek statues of children from the sanctuaries, houses, and necropoleis of the Hellenistic world in order to understand their function and meaning. Looking at the literary and epigraphical evidence, she argues that these statues were important for transmitting civic values to future citizens.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Locating the Children; 3 Creating an Image: Age and Gender; 4 Statues in Sanctuaries; 5 Statues from Houses and Tombs; 6 Children in Terracotta; 7 Children in Reliefs; 8 Conclusions; Catalogue; Bibliography; Index

About the author

Olympia Bobou is a classical archaeologist and Research Assistant in the Cast Gallery of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Her interests include the study of family life in the past, gender representation, and use of spaces in sanctuaries and necropoleis.

Summary

Bobou offers a systematic analysis of ancient Greek statues of children from the sanctuaries, houses, and necropoleis of the Hellenistic world in order to understand their function and meaning. Looking at the literary and epigraphical evidence, she argues that these statues were important for transmitting civic values to future citizens.

Product details

• Authors: Olympia Bobou
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.01.2014
• EAN: 9780199683055
• ISBN: 978-0-19-968305-5
• No. of pages: 214
• Series: Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology; Oxford Monographs on Classical
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; Englisch; Lektüre, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Ancient Greece, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, History of Art, Ancient World, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology, Ancient Greek style