Women's Dress in the Ancient Greek World

Introduction
1. Constraints and Contradictions: Whiteness and Femininity in Ancient Greece - Bridget M. Thomas
2. The Graces and Colour Weaving - Beate Wagner-Hasel
3. Transvestism or Travesty? Dance, Dress and Gender in Greek Vase-Painting - Tyler Jo Smith
4. The 'Language' of Female Hunting Outfit in Ancient Greece - Eva Parisinou
5. The Meaning of the Veil in Ancient Greek Culture - Douglas L. Cairns
6. Investing the Barbarian? The Dress of Amazons in Athenian Art - Ruth Veness
7. Levels of Concealment: The Dress of Hetairai and Pornai in Greek Texts - Andrew Dalby
8. Visions of Gleaming Textiles and a Clay Core: Textiles, Greek Women, and Pandora - Judith Lynn Sebesta
9. Clutching at Clothes - Sue Blundell
10. A Woman's View? Dress, Eroticism, and the Ideal Female Body in Athenian Art - Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
11. Controlling Women's Dress: Gynaikonomoi - Daniel Ogden
12. Clothes as Sign: The Case of the Large and Small Herculaneum Women - Glenys Davies
13. 'Dedicated Followers of Fashion': John Chrysostom on Female Dress - Aideen M. Hartney
Index

Born in Cefn Cribwr, Wales, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones is Professor of Ancient History at Cardiff University and Director of the Ancient Iran Program for the British Institute of Persian Studies. He has previously taught at Edinburgh University, where he was Professor of Ancient Iranian and Greek History. He has spent extensive time in Iran, and is a specialist in the histories and cultures of Persia, the Near East, and Greece. He has also appeared on the BBC, Channel 4, in The Times and other media outlets. His previous books include King and Court in Ancient Persia, Ctesias’ History of Persia, The Culture of Animals in Antiquity, and Designs on the Past: How Hollywood Created the Ancient World.