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H 290 x W 205 mm

422 pages

305 figures, 2 tables

Published May 2025

Archaeopress Archaeology

ISBN

Paperback: 9781803279978

Digital: 9781803279985

DOI 10.32028/9781803279978

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Keywords
Dogs; Athenian Art; Athenian Vases; Athenian Sculpture; Attic Funerary Reliefs; Canine Body Language; Iconography; Human-Animal Studies

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Dogs in Athenian Sculpture and Vase Painting of the Archaic and Classical Periods

By Katia Margariti

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This book analyses the iconography of dogs in Athenian art, highlighting their roles as companions, hunters, pets, and status symbols. It explores their presence in various aspects of ancient Greek life, their association with gods and heroes, and their depiction in funerary reliefs, reflecting the deep human-canine bond.

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Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: The dog in Ancient Greece

Chapter 2: Depicting the dog in Athenian sculpture and vase painting

Chapter 3: Dogs in war

Chapter 4: Dogs in the hunt

Chapter 5: Dogs and horses, riders and chariots

Chapter 6: Dogs, athletics, music and education

Chapter 7: Dogs in the symposium and komos

Chapter 8: Dogs and eros

Chapter 9: Dogs and death

Chapter 10: Dogs and humans

Chapter 11: Dogs, deities and rituals

Chapter 12: Dogs of myth

Conclusions

Catalogue

References / Bibliography

Bibliographical Notes

Tables (I: breeds, II: Athenian dog names)

Graphs (1: Vase shapes, 2: Themes, 3: Vase painters)

Images

Index

About the Author

Katia Margariti has a PhD in Classical Archaeology and is a Research Associate of the Department of Classics of the University of Reading. Having published three books and peer-reviewed articles in leading academic journals, she is currently co-authoring two books and co-editing a conference proceedings volume. She is co-founder and administrator of the online group for the study of animals in Greco-Roman Antiquity (Zoa – Animals in Greco-Roman Antiquity), co-organizer of two major international conferences on animals in the ancient Mediterranean. Her research interests focus on Greek art and iconography with special emphasis on ancient Athens, funerary art (especially funerary sculpture) and animals in antiquity.

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