Sexuality in Greek and Roman Society and Literature: A Sourcebook

This second edition includes an updated review of sexuality in Greece and Rome, an expanded bibliography and numerous new passages with original translations.

This book provides readers with detailed information, notes, and original translated passages on the fascinating and multi-faceted theme of ancient sexuality. The sources range from the era of Homer and Hesiod through to the Graeco-Roman world of the Fourth Century CE and explore the diversitiy of approaches to sexuality and sexual expression, as well as how these issues relate to the rest of ancient society and culture.

Sexuality in Greek And Roman Society and Literature is an invaluable resource to students and academics alike, providing a detailed series of chapters on all major facets of sexuality in ancient Greece and Rome. It will particularly appeal to those interested in sexuality and gender in antiquity, as well as ancient literature and social studies.

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Sexuality in Greek and Roman Society and Literature: A Sourcebook

This second edition includes an updated review of sexuality in Greece and Rome, an expanded bibliography and numerous new passages with original translations.

This book provides readers with detailed information, notes, and original translated passages on the fascinating and multi-faceted theme of ancient sexuality. The sources range from the era of Homer and Hesiod through to the Graeco-Roman world of the Fourth Century CE and explore the diversitiy of approaches to sexuality and sexual expression, as well as how these issues relate to the rest of ancient society and culture.

Sexuality in Greek And Roman Society and Literature is an invaluable resource to students and academics alike, providing a detailed series of chapters on all major facets of sexuality in ancient Greece and Rome. It will particularly appeal to those interested in sexuality and gender in antiquity, as well as ancient literature and social studies.

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Sexuality in Greek and Roman Society and Literature: A Sourcebook

Sexuality in Greek and Roman Society and Literature: A Sourcebook

by Marguerite Johnson
Sexuality in Greek and Roman Society and Literature: A Sourcebook

Sexuality in Greek and Roman Society and Literature: A Sourcebook

by Marguerite Johnson

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This second edition includes an updated review of sexuality in Greece and Rome, an expanded bibliography and numerous new passages with original translations.

This book provides readers with detailed information, notes, and original translated passages on the fascinating and multi-faceted theme of ancient sexuality. The sources range from the era of Homer and Hesiod through to the Graeco-Roman world of the Fourth Century CE and explore the diversitiy of approaches to sexuality and sexual expression, as well as how these issues relate to the rest of ancient society and culture.

Sexuality in Greek And Roman Society and Literature is an invaluable resource to students and academics alike, providing a detailed series of chapters on all major facets of sexuality in ancient Greece and Rome. It will particularly appeal to those interested in sexuality and gender in antiquity, as well as ancient literature and social studies.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781138200418
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 08/29/2022
Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World
Edition description: 2nd ed.
Pages: 452
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Marguerite Johnson is Professor of Classics at The University of Newcastle, Australia. She specialises in histories of sexualities and gender, and Classical Reception Studies.

Table of Contents

Index of passages; List of figures; Preface; Note to the second edition; Acknowledgements from the first edition; List of abbreviations; Introduction: a socio-sexual background to Greece and Rome; I The divine sphere; II Beauty; III Marriage; IV Sexual labour; V Same-sex attraction; VI Sex aids, didactic literature and handbooks; VII Sex and violence; VIII Repulsion and anxiety; IX Taboos, alterity and marginal activities; X Celebrity sex; A Final Word; Glossary of authors, inscriptions and papyri; Glossary of terms; Alphabetical index of authors, inscriptions and papyri; Bibliography ; Index

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