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050 4 _aHQ13 .S556 2014
082 0 _a306.70937/6
100 1 _aSkinner, Marilyn B.
245 1 0 _aSexuality in Greek and Roman Culture.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aNewark :
_bJohn Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
_c2013.
264 4 _c©2014.
300 _a1 online resource (464 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aNew York Academy of Sciences Series
505 0 _aIntro -- 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.
505 8 _aFrom 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 -- Roads to Nowhere -- Conclusion -- Discussion Prompts -- Notes -- References -- Further Reading -- 10 The Imperial Populace: Toward Salvation? -- The 99% -- Gravestones and Walls -- In the Eye of the Beholder -- The Warren Cup -- "O Isis und Osiris …" -- Christian Continence -- Things Fall Apart -- Conclusion -- Discussion Prompts -- Notes -- References -- Further Reading -- Afterword: The Use of Antiquity -- Glossary of Terms -- Index.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aSex customs-Greece-History-To 1500-Textbooks.
650 0 _aSex customs-Rome-History-Textbooks.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aSkinner, Marilyn B.
_tSexuality in Greek and Roman Culture
_dNewark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,c2013
_z9781444349863
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aNew York Academy of Sciences Series
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