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Mors immatura representations of childhood gender funerary epigrams games and toys Greek epigraphy Mors immatura representations of childhood gender funerary epigrams games and toys Greek epigraphySujets proches
Children--Recreation Games for children Pastimes Primitive games Recreations Games, Primitive Children's gamesCiter ce document
Sophie Laribi Glaudel, « Boys’ games, girls’ games in Greek funerary epigrams », Clio. Women, Gender, History, ID : 10670/1.723bdc...
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Among the Greek funerary epigrams dedicated to children who died prematurely, several evoke the games and toys of these young people. Boys tend to dominate this corpus, but some girls and young women are also given playful activities. This article analyzes three texts, studying the gendered dimension of these pastimes and the discourse on childhood that they convey, while reevaluating our contemporary definitions of toys when applied to ancient worlds. The study draws on the inscription for the young Thessalian Athenaios (turn of Common Era) and compares it with two epigrams in the Palatine Anthology: for Myrô (VII 190, third century BCE) and Hymnis (VII 643, first century BCE).
