Kirk Ormand

Controlling Desires

Sexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Now with new chapters on Greek vase painting and Roman artifacts and wall paintings, Controlling Desires is the essential classroom and general introduction to sexual practices, attitudes, and beliefs in the classical world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9781477311455
• ISBN-10: 1477311459
• Artikelnr.: 48063292

Autorenporträt

Kirk Ormand is a professor of classics at Oberlin College. His books include Exchange and the Maiden: Marriage in Sophoclean Tragedy and Ancient Sex: New Essays.

Inhaltsangabe

Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Homer, Hesiod, and Greek Lyric Poetry
3. Sexual Roles and Sexual Rules in Classical Athens
4. Sexuality in Greek Comedy
5. Legal and Illegal Sex in Ancient Greece
6. Philosophical Sex
7. Greek Pots and Greek Sex
8. Love and Sex in Hellenistic Poetry
9. Rome and Roman Sex
10. Roman Comic Sex
11. Legal and Illegal Sex in Ancient Rome
12. Roman Poetry about Love and Sex
13. Excursus: Lesbians in Ovid’s Metamorphoses
14. Roman Sex on the Walls and in Gardens: Artifacts and Images
15. Imperial Sex: Nero and Seneca
16. Sex in Satire and Invective Poetry
17. Epilogue
Appendix 1. Timeline of Greek History and Culture
Appendix 2. Timeline of Roman History and Culture
Notes
Further Readings
Index