Working women’

Female professionals on Classical Attic gravestones

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9293154
AutoresAngeliki Kosmopoulou (American School of Classical Studies at Athens, autor correspondente)
Ano2001
Volume96
Páginas281-319
Data de publicação2001-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Annual of the British School at Athens (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0068-2454 • E-ISSN: 2045-2403
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s006824540000530x
OpenAlexW2067955116
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas32
Referências citadas31

Figured gravestones commemorating female professionals constitute a distinct group among Attic memorials of the Classical period. Gravestones of this group honour the dead women by emphasizing their occupations and professional accomplishments, concentrating on the professional rather than the familial or social persona of the dead in order to preserve their memory in posterity. Despite their relative infrequence, such memorials shed light on the place of women in Athenian society and may serve as an additional source of evidence for the perception of the female role at the time. Deviating from the set modes of female funerary commemoration and the typical emphasis on domestic scenes, which sustains the contemporary ideal of secluded Athenian women, the memorials under consideration register a ‘public persona’ for the women they honour, making us aware of the complexities of the role of women in ancient Greek society

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