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Sandra Knudsen, Associate Curator of Ancient Art, presented "Was it Greek to Them?" at the Toledo Museum of Art. In ancient Athens being literate meant you were fashionable. Inscriptions were painted on vases to be read aloud. Sandra Knudsen discussed what the inscriptions tell us today about the wit, pride, and celebrities of the city.
Sandra Knudsen, Associate Curator of Ancient Art, presented "Was it Greek to Them?" at the Toledo Museum of Art. In ancient Athens being literate meant you were fashionable. Inscriptions were painted on vases to be read aloud. Sandra Knudsen discussed what the inscriptions tell us today about the wit, pride, and celebrities of the city.
