[3] For veiled women, cf. Boardman
ABF, figures 81 (Dionysos and Ariadne), 90 (Menelaos and Helen), 118,1 (Dionysos and Ariadne, Oakeshott Painter); Boardman
ARFArch, figures 50.2 (Olympian goddesses at the introduction of Herakles to Olympos), 131,2 (woman playing aulos), 295.1 (Hera and Prometheus himself!, each, however, appearing with only part of the himation touching the very backs of their heads); Boardman
ARFCl, figures 41, 52, 179, 247, 249(?), 255, 296, 297(?), 308, 382(?); Trendall
RFVItal, figures 110 (Medea's recognition of Theseus), 182 (the Tantalidai), 367 (Alkmene), and 432 (bridal scenes). Trendall
Illustrations, III.1,2; III.1,5 and III.1,4 (Elektra dejected); III.2,4 (Antigone); III.3,8 (Alkmene); III.3,19 (Hekuba); IV,18 (from Middle Comedy) and IV,28 (Helen being escorted to her wedding). For young boys, cf. Boardman
ARFCl, fig. 79 and Trendall
RFVItal, fig. 16 (on which Trendall notes, p. 21, that "the
himation tends to be drawn more frequently up on to the back of the head." All these boys are probably
eromenoi. Jesper Svenbro,
Phrasikleia (Ithaca and New York 1993) p. 194f., discusses fig. 79 within the context of reading and passive homosexuality. We should also note
N 735 and 740 where Strepsiades has covered his head up while in bed in order to masturbate and not "be distracted from thought by sights and sounds (S and Dover ad loc.). Sokrates, too, at Pl.
Phdr. 237A speaks veiled in order not to see Phaidros. All these examples (except for the one of Prometheus and Hera which might be excused anyway) represent women lamenting, women in situations of marriage, homosexuality, or, as in the case of Strepsiades, autoerotic activity.