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Aphrodite's Tortoise: The Veiled Woman of Ancient Greece
Aphrodite's Tortoise The Veiled Woman of Ancient Greece
Author: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Greek women routinely wore the veil. That is the unexpected finding of this meticulous study, one with interesting implications for the origins of Western civilisation. The Greeks, popularly (and rightly) credited with the invention of civic openness, are revealed as also part of a more Eastern tradition of seclusion. Llewellyn-Jones' work proce...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781905125425
ISBN-10: 1905125429
Publication Date: 12/30/2010
Pages: 368
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Publisher: The Classical Press of Wales
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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