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Article: Figures of Speech: Men and Maidens in Ancient Greece.(Book Review)
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- Journal of the History of Sexuality
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- April 1, 2004
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Figures of Speech: Men and Maidens in Ancient Greece. By GLORIA FERRARI. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. Pp. 352. $60.00 (cloth).
Although it has become more and more common in academic disciplines to read visual representations alongside literary texts, the field of classics, traditionally split into archaeological and philological pursuits, has been slow to bridge the divide. In Figures of Speech: Men and Maidens in Ancient Greece, Gloria Ferrari has managed an almost seamless joining of these two realms, deftly using visual and literary materials to shed light on one another reciprocally. This skillful interweaving affords greater access to the ...