Gymnopaediae

Relief printmaker: J. Martin Pitts
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Book title:	Gymnopaediae
Published by:	The Olde Stile Press
Year made:	1989
Place made:	England
Original:	Yes
Edition: (No. in Edition)	220 (128)
Dimensions:	205 x 290
Binder:	bound by D. Dobbyn
Physical description:	non-adhesive vellum binding with box
Medium:	illustrations
Further information:
"At the height of the festivities, and when the moon was full, were the Gymnopaediae. On a specially dedicated square, close by the cliff edge, and watched by the citizens [of Thera] (some of whom were moved to express their feelings in graffiti which have come down to us), naked boys danced and sang pæans to the patron of the palæstra, Apollo Kourotrophos, Apollo the 'boy-raiser'…" (from the introduction)

Relief printmaker:

J. Martin Pitts ()

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