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Figure 1. Athenian red-figure lebes gamikos, showing a bride with an infant on her knee. National Archaeological Museum, Athens 1250 (Photo: Giannis Patrikianos) © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports / Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development (H.O.C.RE.D).
![Figure 1. Athenian red-figure lebes gamikos, showing a bride with an infant on her knee. National Archaeological Museum, Athens 1250 (Photo: Giannis Patrikianos) © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports / Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development (H.O.C.RE.D).](/cms/asset/03d0b2ed-2d8d-4de3-9b82-b326ee348a81/ycip_a_2200455_f0001_oc.jpg)
Figure 2. Athenian red-figure lekythos, showing a woman holding an infant. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford AN1986-1908.G.298. © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford.
![Figure 2. Athenian red-figure lekythos, showing a woman holding an infant. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford AN1986-1908.G.298. © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford.](/cms/asset/902b8e89-5069-4db3-a600-a0e284477fd8/ycip_a_2200455_f0002_oc.jpg)
Figure 3. Athenian red-figure squat lekythos, showing a woman passing an infant to a seated woman. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 95.50. Photograph © 2023 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
![Figure 3. Athenian red-figure squat lekythos, showing a woman passing an infant to a seated woman. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 95.50. Photograph © 2023 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.](/cms/asset/23cbab91-2ec8-4bdf-8645-f97415c51084/ycip_a_2200455_f0003_oc.jpg)
Figure 4. Athenian red-figure pyxis, showing a household scene including a woman holding an infant. National Archaeological Museum, Athens 1588 (Photo: Demetrios Gialouris) © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports / Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development (H.O.C.RE.D).
![Figure 4. Athenian red-figure pyxis, showing a household scene including a woman holding an infant. National Archaeological Museum, Athens 1588 (Photo: Demetrios Gialouris) © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports / Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development (H.O.C.RE.D).](/cms/asset/0867a295-0ec2-4e1d-8cb1-2d2ff34dbd82/ycip_a_2200455_f0004_oc.jpg)
Figure 5. Athenian white-ground lekythos, showing a woman holding a swaddled infant beside a departing warrior. Antikensammlung, Berlin F2444. © Antikensammlung, Berlin.
![Figure 5. Athenian white-ground lekythos, showing a woman holding a swaddled infant beside a departing warrior. Antikensammlung, Berlin F2444. © Antikensammlung, Berlin.](/cms/asset/c47b7c28-1ffb-4309-a496-02be847c2456/ycip_a_2200455_f0005_oc.jpg)
Figure 6. Athenian white-ground lekythos, showing an infant being passed to a seated woman. Antikensammlung, Berlin F2443. © Antikensammlung, Berlin.
![Figure 6. Athenian white-ground lekythos, showing an infant being passed to a seated woman. Antikensammlung, Berlin F2443. © Antikensammlung, Berlin.](/cms/asset/5c821399-48ad-4cdb-b4bc-5cd5d4e4fca3/ycip_a_2200455_f0006_oc.jpg)