Coming of age in ancient Greece : images of childhood from the classical past
What was childhood like in ancient Greece? What activities and games did Greek children embrace? How were they schooled and what religious and ceremonial rites of passage were key to their development? These fascinating questions and many more are answered in this groundbreaking book. "Coming of Age in Ancient Greece" presents an entirely new perspective by showing that the Greeks were the first culture to represent children and their activities naturalistically in art. Here we learn about depictions of children in myth as well as life, from infancy to adolescence. This beautifully illustrated book features such archaeological artifacts as toys and gaming pieces alongside images of them in use by children on ancient vases, coins, terracotta figurines, bronze and stone sculpture, and marble grave monuments. Essays by eminent scholars present a wide range of topics. -- From publisher's descirption
Print Book, English, 2003
Yale University Press in association with the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, New Haven, 2003