Amy C Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3623021 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amy C Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amy C |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH A C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Reading |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0224-428X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Textiles in Alkestis’ thalamos
Perhaps the most commonly invoked aspects of the home found on Athenian vases are doors, which suggest transitions. In the case of marriage scenes, these transitions are the beginnings and ends of the gamelia , the procession from the bride’s home to the groom’s. The doors represent transition and help us to envision the gamelia , as noted in textual sources, but some, perhaps more importantly, provide a glimpse into the home itself, particularly…
Classical Art
As Panhellenic and local hero, semidivinity or god, Heracles received reverence across Greece and served as patron divinity in many locales. The frequency and survival of his images from across the Greek and Roman worlds unsurprisingly surpasses that of all other mythic figures. After all, he appealed to all genders and strata of society, ranging from slaves to rulers, for example, Pisistratus, tyrant of Athens; the kings of Pontus; and Caracalla…
D printed cypriot figurines. “Playing” with Musicians at the Ure Museum
Smith Amy Claire, Romero Mayorga Claudina. 3D printed cypriot figurines. “Playing” with Musicians at the Ure Museum. In: Les cahiers de Mariemont, volume 43, 2021. pp. 135-138
"Care and Autonomy in The Awakening and Seo's "Though Time Goes By
Using care ethics and narrative ethics, we analyze Kate Chopin's The Awakening and Seo Hajin's "Though Time Goes By" with a focus on struggles to conceive of care as a moral value and to develop relational autonomy. These stories suggest that rewriting identity in the face of repressive narratives requires narrative communities
From Drunkenness to a Hangover
The depiction of pots with named maenads—that is, characters with maenadic attributes and labels—is a Classical phenomenon that runs parallel to the depiction of personifications in Athenian art. This chapter suggests that the evolutionary history of visual personifications in Classical Athens. The scene on the calyx krater in Moscow is almost identical except that the one labelled maenad on that vase is Methyse (Drunkenness). Methyse emphasizes …
Homonoia
Homonoia , “oneness of mind,” brings together unrelated groups, including poleis. This political ideal was contrasted with stasis, civil strife, in the fifth century BCE (Funke 1980; Rosler 2005: 210–14).
Aletheia
The abstract concept Aletheia, Truth, is personified in literature as a daughter of Zeus (Pind. Ol . 10.3–4 and fr. 205) and nurse of Apollo (Plut. Symp . 657e).
Personification
Artists as early as Homer created personifications – representations of nouns in human form – to explain aspects of the primary characters, particularly Olympian divinities: the Litai (Prayers) as daughters of Zeus, for example, express an aspect of Zeus' broad‐ranging powers.
Eros/Cupid
Eros, sexual love, is personified as an adolescent boy, as are his Latin equivalents, Amor and Cupido.
Aidos
Aidos, an abstraction whose meaning ranges from shame to modesty, is personified in literature (Hani 1980) but not art (Cairns 1996). Homer contrasts aidos , personal shame, with Nemesis, public indignation (Scott 1980).
Tyche
The word tyche (plural tychai ) denotes an ancient Greek concept encompassing many aspects of fortune – chance, fate, luck, occurrence, even achievement, success, and wealth – both good and bad. As a personification of that concept, the goddess Tyche came to symbolize the fate and fortune of rulers and through them their cities; she thus emerged as the preeminent city goddess throughout the Hellenistic and Roman worlds. Her name is etymologically…
Ananke
Ananke, Homeric “compulsion,” becomes an important philosophical term among the pre‐Socratics. To Thales it is the natural necessity that powers all phenomena and compels divinities to epiphany (71 A12 DK).
Graces
The Graces, known by their Greek name Charites (sing. Charis) are young and benevolent models of feminine grace. Homer does not specify their number and ages, but Hesiod explains that they are three daughters of Zeus and Eurynome (a daughter of Okeanos), named Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thaleia ( Theog . 907–9); they live with Himeros (Desire) on Olympos, beside the Muses ( Theog . 64); and they assisted with the birth of Pandora ( Op . 73).
Muses
The Muses are goddesses and teachers of divine wisdom evoked in dance, music, and poetry. Late sources suggest that they invented the alphabet (Diod. Sic. 7.74.1) and the arts and sciences ( Anth. Lat . 1.1.88; 1.2.664).
Polis and Personification in Classical Athenian Art
In this study Dr Smith investigates the use of political personifications in the visual arts of Athens in the Classical period (480-323 BCE). Whether on objects that served primarily private roles (e.g. decorated vases) or public roles (e.g. cult statues and document stelai), these personifications represented aspects of the state of Athens—its people, government, and events—as well as the virtues (e.g. Nemesis, Peitho or Persuasion, and Eirene o…
Brill's Companion to Aphrodite
Brill's Companion to Aphrodite brings together an international and multidisciplinary team of experts in the study of Aphrodite-one of the best known, yet ambiguous and complex Graeco-Roman deities. contributions, which reevaluate conventional approaches to this remarkable goddess, are thematically grouped in four parts according to aspects of the goddess: Identity; Companions and Relations; The Spread of Aphrodite's Cults and The Reception of th…
Questions of Context
The anthropologist Mary Helms has argued that in traditional societies access to exotic items is often a source of prestige (1988: chs. 3 and 4). So is knowledge of the appropriate ways in which to use them. This idea plays a central role in a new study of the European Bronze Age which postulates long-distance links between Scandinavia and the East Mediterranean and suggests that they were a source of political power (Kristiansen and Larsson 2005…
The Evolution of the Pan Painter's Artistic Style
Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens - Volume 75, Number 4, October-December 2006
Céramique et peinture grecques
Athenian Potters and Painters
Polis and Personification in Classical Athenian Art
In this study Dr Smith investigates the use of political personifications in the visual arts of Athens in the Classical period (480-323 BCE). Whether on objects that served primarily private roles (e.g. decorated vases) or public roles (e.g. cult statues and document stelai), these personifications represented aspects of the state of Athens—its people, government, and events—as well as the virtues (e.g. Nemesis, Peitho or Persuasion, and Eirene o…
Brill's Companion to Aphrodite
Brill's Companion to Aphrodite brings together an international and multidisciplinary team of experts in the study of Aphrodite-one of the best known, yet ambiguous and complex Graeco-Roman deities. contributions, which reevaluate conventional approaches to this remarkable goddess, are thematically grouped in four parts according to aspects of the goddess: Identity; Companions and Relations; The Spread of Aphrodite's Cults and The Reception of th…
Athenian Potters and Painters
The Evolution of the Pan Painter's Artistic Style
Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens - Volume 75, Number 4, October-December 2006
Athenian Potters and Painters
Céramique et peinture grecques
The Evolution of the Pan Painter's Artistic Style
Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens - Volume 75, Number 4, October-December 2006
Questions of Context
The anthropologist Mary Helms has argued that in traditional societies access to exotic items is often a source of prestige (1988: chs. 3 and 4). So is knowledge of the appropriate ways in which to use them. This idea plays a central role in a new study of the European Bronze Age which postulates long-distance links between Scandinavia and the East Mediterranean and suggests that they were a source of political power (Kristiansen and Larsson 2005…
Brill's Companion to Aphrodite
Brill's Companion to Aphrodite brings together an international and multidisciplinary team of experts in the study of Aphrodite-one of the best known, yet ambiguous and complex Graeco-Roman deities. contributions, which reevaluate conventional approaches to this remarkable goddess, are thematically grouped in four parts according to aspects of the goddess: Identity; Companions and Relations; The Spread of Aphrodite's Cults and The Reception of th…
Polis and Personification in Classical Athenian Art
In this study Dr Smith investigates the use of political personifications in the visual arts of Athens in the Classical period (480-323 BCE). Whether on objects that served primarily private roles (e.g. decorated vases) or public roles (e.g. cult statues and document stelai), these personifications represented aspects of the state of Athens—its people, government, and events—as well as the virtues (e.g. Nemesis, Peitho or Persuasion, and Eirene o…
Homonoia
Homonoia , “oneness of mind,” brings together unrelated groups, including poleis. This political ideal was contrasted with stasis, civil strife, in the fifth century BCE (Funke 1980; Rosler 2005: 210–14).
Aletheia
The abstract concept Aletheia, Truth, is personified in literature as a daughter of Zeus (Pind. Ol . 10.3–4 and fr. 205) and nurse of Apollo (Plut. Symp . 657e).
Personification
Artists as early as Homer created personifications – representations of nouns in human form – to explain aspects of the primary characters, particularly Olympian divinities: the Litai (Prayers) as daughters of Zeus, for example, express an aspect of Zeus' broad‐ranging powers.
Eros/Cupid
Eros, sexual love, is personified as an adolescent boy, as are his Latin equivalents, Amor and Cupido.
Aidos
Aidos, an abstraction whose meaning ranges from shame to modesty, is personified in literature (Hani 1980) but not art (Cairns 1996). Homer contrasts aidos , personal shame, with Nemesis, public indignation (Scott 1980).
Tyche
The word tyche (plural tychai ) denotes an ancient Greek concept encompassing many aspects of fortune – chance, fate, luck, occurrence, even achievement, success, and wealth – both good and bad. As a personification of that concept, the goddess Tyche came to symbolize the fate and fortune of rulers and through them their cities; she thus emerged as the preeminent city goddess throughout the Hellenistic and Roman worlds. Her name is etymologically…
Ananke
Ananke, Homeric “compulsion,” becomes an important philosophical term among the pre‐Socratics. To Thales it is the natural necessity that powers all phenomena and compels divinities to epiphany (71 A12 DK).
Graces
The Graces, known by their Greek name Charites (sing. Charis) are young and benevolent models of feminine grace. Homer does not specify their number and ages, but Hesiod explains that they are three daughters of Zeus and Eurynome (a daughter of Okeanos), named Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thaleia ( Theog . 907–9); they live with Himeros (Desire) on Olympos, beside the Muses ( Theog . 64); and they assisted with the birth of Pandora ( Op . 73).
Muses
The Muses are goddesses and teachers of divine wisdom evoked in dance, music, and poetry. Late sources suggest that they invented the alphabet (Diod. Sic. 7.74.1) and the arts and sciences ( Anth. Lat . 1.1.88; 1.2.664).
From Drunkenness to a Hangover
The depiction of pots with named maenads—that is, characters with maenadic attributes and labels—is a Classical phenomenon that runs parallel to the depiction of personifications in Athenian art. This chapter suggests that the evolutionary history of visual personifications in Classical Athens. The scene on the calyx krater in Moscow is almost identical except that the one labelled maenad on that vase is Methyse (Drunkenness). Methyse emphasizes …
"Care and Autonomy in The Awakening and Seo's "Though Time Goes By
Using care ethics and narrative ethics, we analyze Kate Chopin's The Awakening and Seo Hajin's "Though Time Goes By" with a focus on struggles to conceive of care as a moral value and to develop relational autonomy. These stories suggest that rewriting identity in the face of repressive narratives requires narrative communities
Classical Art
As Panhellenic and local hero, semidivinity or god, Heracles received reverence across Greece and served as patron divinity in many locales. The frequency and survival of his images from across the Greek and Roman worlds unsurprisingly surpasses that of all other mythic figures. After all, he appealed to all genders and strata of society, ranging from slaves to rulers, for example, Pisistratus, tyrant of Athens; the kings of Pontus; and Caracalla…
D printed cypriot figurines. “Playing” with Musicians at the Ure Museum
Smith Amy Claire, Romero Mayorga Claudina. 3D printed cypriot figurines. “Playing” with Musicians at the Ure Museum. In: Les cahiers de Mariemont, volume 43, 2021. pp. 135-138
Textiles in Alkestis’ thalamos
Perhaps the most commonly invoked aspects of the home found on Athenian vases are doors, which suggest transitions. In the case of marriage scenes, these transitions are the beginnings and ends of the gamelia , the procession from the bride’s home to the groom’s. The doors represent transition and help us to envision the gamelia , as noted in textual sources, but some, perhaps more importantly, provide a glimpse into the home itself, particularly…
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