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Childhood in Ancient Athens

Childhood in Ancient Athens

Childhood in Ancient Athens is the latest book in the Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies series. Published July 27th 2012, the book offers an in-depth study of children during the heyday of the Athenian city state.
 

Concentrating on not only the child's own experience, but also examining the perceptions of children and childhood by Athenian society, this study covers the juvenile life course from birth and infancy through early and later childhood, and treats these life stages according to the topics of nurture, play, education, work, cult and ritual, and death.

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