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Sexuality in Greek and Roman Culture.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Wiley,
2013.
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| Colección: | Ancient cultures
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| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Sexuality in Greek and Roman Culture
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations and Maps
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Chronological Charts
- Maps
- Introduction: Why Ancient Sexuality? Issues and Approaches
- Thinking about Sexuality
- Sex Changes
- Checking the Right Box
- Davidson and his Critics
- The Language and Ethos of Boy-love
- Foul Mouths
- Conclusion
- Discussion Prompts
- Notes
- References
- Further Reading
- 1 The Homeric Age: Epic Sexuality
- The Golden Goddess
- Dynamics of Desire
- The Baneful Race of Women
- Love under Siege
- Receptions of Helen
- The Beguilement of Zeus
- Alternatives to Penelope
- Achilles in the Closet?
- Conclusion
- Discussion Prompts
- Notes
- References
- Further Reading
- 2 The Archaic Age: Symposium and Initiation
- When the Cups are Placed
- Fields of Erotic Dreams
- Singing as a Man ...
- ... and Singing as a Woman
- Boys into Men
- Girls into Women
- Sappho on the Lips of Men
- Conclusion
- Discussion Prompts
- Notes
- References
- Further Reading
- 3 Late Archaic Athens: More than Meets the Eye
- Out of Etruria
- Lines of Sight
- Birds of a Different Feather
- Flirtation at the Gym
- Party Girls
- In the Boudoir
- Bride of Quietness
- Conclusion
- Discussion Prompts
- Notes
- References
- Further Reading
- 4 Classical Athens: The Politics of Sex
- More Equal than Others
- Pederasty and Class
- Interview with the Kinaidos
- In the Grandest Families
- What the Neighbors Might Think
- Criminal Proceedings
- His and Hers (or His)
- Conclusion
- Discussion Prompts
- Notes
- References
- Further Reading
- 5 The Early Hellenistic Period: Turning Inwards
- Court Intrigues
- Who Is Buried in Philip's Tomb?
- Medicine and the Sexes
- From Croton to Crete
- Safe Sex
- Athenian Idol
- Conclusion
- Discussion Prompts
- Notes
- References
- Further Reading
- 6 The Later Hellenistic Period: The Feminine Mystique
- Disrobing Aphrodite
- Hellenes in Egypt
- Love among the Pyramids
- New Gods for Old
- To Colchis and Back
- Desiring Women
- and their Detractors
- Conclusion
- Discussion Prompts
- Notes
- References
- Further Reading
- 7 Early Rome: A Tale of Three Cultures
- The Pecking Order
- Imported Vices
- Bringing Women under Control
- Butchery for Fun
- What a Piece of Work is a Man!
- Conclusion
- Discussion Prompts
- Notes
- References
- Further Reading
- 8 Republican and Augustan Rome: The Soft Embrace of Venus
- Only Joking
- Young Men(?) in Love
- Sulpicia unveils Herself
- Mother of All Empires
- Domestic Visibility
- Going too Far
- Conclusion
- Discussion Prompts
- Notes
- References
- Further Reading
- 9 Elites in the Empire: Self and Others
- Risky Business
- Boys Named Sue
- Them
- Roads to Romance
- Rock-star Rhetoric
- `Greek Love' under Rome