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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Anthropologie et Histoire des Mondes Antiques
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| author | Amalia Avramidou |
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| description | 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 within the Late Archaic and Early Classical periods because of the abundance of female and joint family dedications, and the richness of contextual evidence available for comparison. Diverse classes of material are brought into examination in order to achieve plurality of evidence while exploring the role of women within family rituals and dedications. The preserved material indicates that mothers occasionally acted on behalf of the oikos. This observation strengthens their role within the Archaic family and provides additional support in favor of female participation in both private and public family festivals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9b875e5eb38949cfa004cd4937be01102022-12-21T19:00:23ZengAnthropologie et Histoire des Mondes AntiquesCahiers Mondes Anciens2107-01992015-01-01610.4000/mondesanciens.1365Women Dedicators on the Athenian Acropolis and their Role in Family Festivals: The Evidence for Maternal Votives between 530-450 BCEAmalia AvramidouThis 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 within the Late Archaic and Early Classical periods because of the abundance of female and joint family dedications, and the richness of contextual evidence available for comparison. Diverse classes of material are brought into examination in order to achieve plurality of evidence while exploring the role of women within family rituals and dedications. The preserved material indicates that mothers occasionally acted on behalf of the oikos. This observation strengthens their role within the Archaic family and provides additional support in favor of female participation in both private and public family festivals.http://journals.openedition.org/mondesanciens/1365AcropolisArchaic periodfamily festivalmothervotivswoman dedicator |
| spellingShingle | Amalia Avramidou Women Dedicators on the Athenian Acropolis and their Role in Family Festivals: The Evidence for Maternal Votives between 530-450 BCE Cahiers Mondes Anciens Acropolis Archaic period family festival mother votivs woman dedicator |
| title | Women Dedicators on the Athenian Acropolis and their Role in Family Festivals: The Evidence for Maternal Votives between 530-450 BCE |
| title_full | Women Dedicators on the Athenian Acropolis and their Role in Family Festivals: The Evidence for Maternal Votives between 530-450 BCE |
| title_fullStr | Women Dedicators on the Athenian Acropolis and their Role in Family Festivals: The Evidence for Maternal Votives between 530-450 BCE |
| title_full_unstemmed | Women Dedicators on the Athenian Acropolis and their Role in Family Festivals: The Evidence for Maternal Votives between 530-450 BCE |
| title_short | Women Dedicators on the Athenian Acropolis and their Role in Family Festivals: The Evidence for Maternal Votives between 530-450 BCE |
| title_sort | women dedicators on the athenian acropolis and their role in family festivals the evidence for maternal votives between 530 450 bce |
| topic | Acropolis Archaic period family festival mother votivs woman dedicator |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/mondesanciens/1365 |
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