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Childhood in the Past
An International Journal
Volume 16, 2023 - Issue 2
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Marginalising Maternity: Iconography as Evidence for Social Ideologies in Classical Athens

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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).

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

Figure 7. Athenian white-ground lekythos fragment, showing an infant reaching out to a woman seated on a grave marker. British Museum, London GR1905.7-10.10. © Trustees of the British Museum, London.

Figure 7. Athenian white-ground lekythos fragment, showing an infant reaching out to a woman seated on a grave marker. British Museum, London GR1905.7-10.10. © Trustees of the British Museum, London.

Figure 8. Athenian white-ground lekythos, showing a woman holding an infant beside at grave marker. National Archaeological Museum, Athens 25540 (Photo: Ilias Iliadis) © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports / Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development (H.O.C.RE.D).

Figure 8. Athenian white-ground lekythos, showing a woman holding an infant beside at grave marker. National Archaeological Museum, Athens 25540 (Photo: Ilias Iliadis) © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports / Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development (H.O.C.RE.D).