Women Dedicators on the Athenian Acropolis and their Role in Family Festivals: The Evidence for Maternal Votives between 530-450 BCE

This article reevaluates the role of women, and more specifically of mothers, as representatives of the oikos through an investigation of votives from the Acropolis, which can be interpreted as maternal based on epigraphic and other corroborating evidence. The timeframe of the study is restricted wi...

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Main Author: Amalia Avramidou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Anthropologie et Histoire des Mondes Antiques 2015-01-01
Series:Cahiers Mondes Anciens
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/mondesanciens/1365