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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 704.942509380747468 EAN: 9780300099607 ISBN: 0300099606 Label: Yale University Press Manufacturer: Yale University Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: September 01, 2003 Publisher: Yale University Press Studio: Yale University Press Related Items: Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Book Description: What was childhood like in ancient Greece? What activities and games did Greek children embrace? How were they schooled and what religious and ceremonial rites of passage were key to their development? These fascinating questions and many more are answered in this groundbreaking book-the first English-language study to feature and discuss imagery and artifacts relating to childhood in ancient Greece. Coming of Age in Ancient Greece shows that the Greeks were the first culture to represent children and their activities naturalistically in their art. Here we learn about depictions of children in myth as well as life, from infancy to adolescence. This beautifully illustrated book features such archaeological artifacts as toys and gaming pieces alongside images of them in use by children on ancient vases, coins, terracotta figurines, bronze and stone sculpture, and marble grave monuments. Essays by eminent scholars in the fields of Greek social history, literature, archaeology, anthropology, and art history discuss a wide range of topics, including the burgeoning role of childhood studies in interdisciplinary studies; the status of children in Greek culture; the evolution of attitudes toward children from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic period as documented by literature and art; the relationships of fathers and sons and mothers and daughters; and the roles of cult practice and death in a child's existence. This delightful book illuminates what is most universal and specific about childhood in ancient Greece and examines childhood's effects on Greek life and culture, the foundation on which Western civilization has been based. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Intelligent, readable, and fascinatingThis is one of the rare books that genuinely helps to make a real connection to a very different place and time. There are some aspects of childhood that we all remember; we can find those aspects in the images and artifacts presented in this book. There are also elements of childhood that are unique to a particular culture; again, we can discover and learn to understand the aspects of childhood in ancient Greece that provide a wonderful window into their society. Another great strength ... Read More Rating:  - A Good OverviewThe book provides a complete discussion of childhood images from the Classical Period with ample illustrations. The discussion of the significance of childhood images is also covered in detail. Alan Safani 
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