Figures

1.1 Grave stele of Aristion, c. 510 BC, found in Velanideza, Attica. National Archaeological Museum of Athens: 29 © Getty Images
1.2 Fragment of a funerary stele depicting a child, c. 530 BC, Anavyssos, Attica. National Archaeological Museum of Athens: 4472 © Getty Images
1.3 Grave stele of Ampharete, c. 430–420 BC, found in the Kerameikos. Museum of the Kerameikos: P695 © Getty Images
1.4 Grave stele of a little girl, c. 450 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: 27.45 © Getty Images
3.1 The Phrasikleia kore, c. 540 BC, Attica. National Archaeological Museum of Athens: 4889 © Getty Images
3.2 The Kroisos kouros, c. 540 BC, Attica. National Archaeological Museum of Athens: 3851 © Getty Images
3.3 Marble stele of a youth and a little girl, c. 540–530 BC, Attica. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: 11.185 © Getty Images
5.1 The stele of Pharsalus, c. 470–460 BC, Thessaly. Louvre Museum: 701 © Bridgeman Images
5.2 Grave stele of Mnesitheus, c. 520–510 BC, Boeotia. Archaeological Museum of Thebes: 28200. Drawing by Laura González Prieto
7.1 Grave stele of Democlides, early fourth century BC, Attica, Archaeological Museum of Athens: 752 © Getty Images
8.1 Gold lamella from the Necropolis of Hipponion, c. 400 BC. Archaeological Museum of Vibo Valentia © Getty Images