Problema parului in societatea antica


Pictura de mai sus, atribuita lui Dinos, se gaseste pe un vas sicilian din sec. V i.C., si reprezinta doua femei depilandu-si parul pubian, ele fiind asistate si ajutate de Zeul Eros. Mai multe detalii, aici.

Cateva articole despre par, pilozitate, depilare in societatea antica.

N.B. Majoritatea materialelor contin si imagini.

M. Kilmer, Genital Phobia and Depilation, in The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 102, (1982), pp. 104-112. Addenum.

L. Bonfante, Nudity as a Costume in Classical Art, American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 93, Nr. 4 (Oct., 1989), pp. 543-570.

E. Parisinou, ‘Lighting’ the World of Women: Lamps and Torches in the Hands of Women in the Late Archaic and Classical Periods, in Greece & Rome, Second Series, Vol. 47, Nr. 1 (Apr., 2000), pp. 19-43.

S. Olyan, What Do Shaving Rites Accomplish and What Do They Signal in Biblical Ritual Contexts?, in Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 117, Nr. 4 (Winter, 1998), pp. 611-622.