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1 online resource (xvii, 337 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of contributors; List of abbreviations; Introduction: surveying shoes, slippers and sandals; Notes; Bibliography; PART 1: Envisaging footwear; 1. Sandals on the wall: the symbolism of footwear on Athenian painted pottery; The iconography of the Shefton cup; Objects in the field; Representing sandals; Painters; Scene-types with hanging sandals; Provenance; Shapes and viewers; Conclusion: the significance of hanging sandals; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography |
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2. At the symposium: why take off our boots? The significance of boots placed underneath the kline on Attic red-figure vase painting (c.500-440 BC)Objects in the field; Travelling boots; Sympotic boots; Citizenship; Drunkenness; Eroticism and sexual initiation; Notes; Bibliography; 3. Donning footwear: the invention and diffusion of an iconographic motif in archaic Athens; Notes; Bibliography; 4. Pantāi krēpides: shoe-talk from Homer to Herodas; Notes; Bibliography; PART 2: Following footprints |
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5. Simon the Athenian: archaeological, sociological and philosophical remarks on a philosopher shoemakerNotes; Bibliography; 6. Stepping onto the stage: Aeschylus' Oresteia and tragic footwear; Footwear in iconographic conceptions of the reunion of Orestes and Electra; Footwear in Orestes' first entry in Choephoroe; Possible significance of Orestes' footwear in Choephoroe's opening; Significance of bared feet: vulnerability and poverty; Religious significance: sanctuary ritual and initiation; Social and cultural significance of removing footwear; Orestes' footwear on his second entry (653ff.) |
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ConclusionNotes; Bibliography; 7. A colossal porphyry foot in Newcastle; History of ownership; Authenticity; Significance of porphyry; Imperial statue; Anatomical ex-voto; Sarapis feet; Notes; Bibliography; PART 3: One from a pair; 8. The left foot aryballos wearing a network sandal; Findspots; Date; Workshop; Fabrics; Style; Archaeological contexts; Appendix: late archaic foot aryballoi clad in network sandals; Notes; Bibliography; 9. One shoe off and one shoe on: the motif of monosandalism in Classical Greece; Notes; Bibliography; 10. A slip and a slap: Aphrodite and her footwear |
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From sandal to slipper: Aphrodite, Pan and Eros from DelosSandals as a tool . . .; Clarifying the action: binding or removing the sandal?; Women's shoes; Sandals as for a bride; Notes; Bibliography; 11. Achilles' discovery on Skyros: status and representation of the monosandalos in Roman art; The iconographic scheme of Achilles' discovery on Skyros; The representation and meaning of the 'lost slipper' in the myth of Achilles; Achilles: a monosandalos?; Note; Bibliography; PART 4: Between representation and reality |
| Notes |
This edited volume groups research on the significance of ancient feet and footwear, much of which was presented, discussed and reviewed at the conference: Shoes, Slippers and Sandals: Feet and Footwear in Antiquity, held at Newcastle University and the Great North Museum from June 29th-July 1st, 2015 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 11, 2018) |
| Subject |
Footwear -- History -- To 1500
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Foot -- Social aspects
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Beauty & Grooming.
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Foot -- Social aspects
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Footwear
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Manners and customs
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Greece -- Social life and customs -- Sources
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Rome -- Social life and customs -- Sources
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Greece
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Rome (Empire)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Sources
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Pickup, Sadie, editor
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Waite, Sally, editor
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Shoes, Slippers and Sandals: Feet and Footwear in Antiquity (Conference) (2015 : Newcastle upon Tyne, England)
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| LC no. |
2018017633 |
| ISBN |
9780429487699 |
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042948769X |
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9780429946684 |
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0429946686 |
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