H 290 x W 205 mm
422 pages
305 figures, 2 tables
Published May 2025
ISBN
Paperback: 9781803279978
Digital: 9781803279985
Keywords
Dogs; Athenian Art; Athenian Vases; Athenian Sculpture; Attic Funerary Reliefs; Canine Body Language; Iconography; Human-Animal Studies
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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.
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
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.