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Marginalising Maternity: Iconography as Evidence for Social Ideologies in Classical Athens

Sally WaiteSchool of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Emma GoochSchool of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UKView further author information
Pages 84-109 | Published online: 02 May 2023

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