Gail Tatham
Biographic Data
| ID | 5717050 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gail Tatham |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gail |
| FAMILY NAME | Tatham |
| SIGNATURE | TATHAM G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Canterbury |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Ariadne's Mitra
Among the clothes Ariadne is wearing in this scene is a finely woven headdress which Catullus terms a ‘mitra’ (1.63). Commentators have defined this mitra variously as a ‘scarf’ (Ellis, Merrill), a ‘cap or bonnet’ (Fordyce) and a ‘kind of hairnet’ (Quinn). In Greek literature, a ‘mitra’ is any piece of cloth worn by women in various ways to tie up their hair. While the word came to be used by Latin writers, it seems to have retained its specifica…
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Ariadne's Mitra
Among the clothes Ariadne is wearing in this scene is a finely woven headdress which Catullus terms a ‘mitra’ (1.63). Commentators have defined this mitra variously as a ‘scarf’ (Ellis, Merrill), a ‘cap or bonnet’ (Fordyce) and a ‘kind of hairnet’ (Quinn). In Greek literature, a ‘mitra’ is any piece of cloth worn by women in various ways to tie up their hair. While the word came to be used by Latin writers, it seems to have retained its specifica…
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