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Women's Life in Greece and Rome: A Source Book in Translation by Maureen B. Fant & Mary R. Lefkowitz

Author:Maureen B. Fant & Mary R. Lefkowitz [Fant, Maureen B.] , Date: May 28, 2019 ,Views: 223

Women's Life in Greece and Rome: A Source Book in Translation by Maureen B. Fant & Mary R. Lefkowitz

Author:Maureen B. Fant & Mary R. Lefkowitz [Fant, Maureen B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781472578488
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2016-07-27T22:00:00+00:00


Vitruvius' handbook on architecture seems an unlikely place to look for women's history, and yet this apocryphal account of the origin of a common architectural form recounts a dramatic event for the women of a Greek city and is illustrative of the ancient propensity to make up stories to explain things. For another ancient explanation of the origin of caryatids, see no. 332.

Unless acquainted with history, (the architect) will be unable to account for the use of many ornaments which he may have occasion to introduce. For example, should anyone ask about the origin of those draped matronal figures crowned with a mutulus and cornice, called Caryatides, he will explain it by the following story.



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