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The Dinner Party: Heritage Floor: Nossis




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Judy Chicago (American, b. 1939). The Dinner Party (Heritage Floor; detail), 1974–79. Porcelain with rainbow and gold luster, 48 x 48 x 48 ft. (14.6 x 14.6 x 14.6 m). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation, 2002.10. © Judy Chicago. Photograph by Jook Leung Photography

Nossis
Flourished circa 310 B.C., Locri, Italy

A follower of Sappho, the poet Nossis lived around 310 B.C. in the southern Italian city of Locri. Twelve of her epigrams (short witty poems) survive, and their chief subjects are women, goddesses, childbirth, and children.

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Last updated April 13, 2007.
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