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‘READING’ GREEK VASES?
Author(s) -
BOARDMAN JOHN
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
oxford journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1468-0092
pISSN - 0262-5253
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0092.00006
Subject(s) - reading (process) , read aloud , attic , face (sociological concept) , archaeology , reading aloud , history , art , visual arts , linguistics , philosophy , roof
Summary. The suggestion that the inscriptions on Attic decorated vases were intended especially for symposia, to be read aloud and as a commentary on the scenes, is examined and found wanting in the face of the primary evidence about the vases, their inscriptions, and their possible purposes. Intentions and practices seem far more varied and often arbitrary.