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Record Nr.

UNINA9910800038903321

Autore

Beaumont Lesley A.

Titolo

Childhood in ancient Athens : iconography and social history / / Lesley A. Beaumont

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-48669-0

0-203-13625-X

1-283-97242-5

1-136-48670-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Collana

Routledge monographs in classical studies

Disciplina

305.2309495/12

Soggetti

Children - Greece - Athens - History

Children in art

Art, Greek

Athens (Greece) Social conditions

Athens (Greece) Social life and customs

Greece Social conditions To 146 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-296) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Introduction, definitions and methodology -- pt. II. The juvenile life course.

Sommario/riassunto

Childhood in Ancient Athens offers an in-depth study of children during the heyday of the Athenian city state, thereby illuminating a significant social group largely ignored by most ancient and modern authors alike. It concentrates not only on the child's own experience, but also examines the perceptions of children and childhood by Athenian society: these perceptions variously exhibit both similarities and stark contrasts with those of our own 21st century Western society. The study covers the juvenile life course from birth and infancy through early and later childhoo