364 Pages
42 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
260 Pages
42 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
260 Pages
42 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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In this fascinating and revealing A-to-Z, John G. Younger examines the sexual practices, expressions and attitudes of the Greeks and Romans, from Catullus and Caligula, to orgies and obscenity, and from abstinence and incest, to pederasty and prostitution. The book opens with an overview of current thinking on ancient sex and sexuality, and goes on to provide an extraordinarily wide coverage of a... Read more
Terminology Note to Readers Acknowledgements Theory and Modern Scholarship Theories List of Illustrations Sex in Antiquity A - Z Ancient Sources Cited Works of Art Cited Bibliography
Biography
John G. Younger is professor of Classics and of Humanities and Western Civilisation at the University of Kansas. He has published widely on Minoan-Mycenaean art and scripts and on Classical Greek sculpture and gender and sexuality.
'Concise and fascinating ... [with] an outstanding 20pp bibliography highlighting all the current work in the field.' - JACT
'The most useful aspect of each article is the reference made to primary and secondary texts.' – Journal of Hellenic Studies
