Images of Women

While texts which deal with the lives of women in ancient Greece are relatively few and limited, images of women abound, especially on Athenian red-figured pottery of the 5th century BC. Like the texts, however, these images need to be considered carefully: do they conform to the impressions gained from the textual evidence? Expand upon them? Or even confound them? In this lecture Dr Gillian Shepherd takes a closer look at images of ancient Greek women. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.