Sexuality in Greek and Roman Culture

Marilyn B. Skinner 지음

Wiley-Blackwell 2013년 07월 23일 출간

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This agenda-setting text has been fully revised in its second edition, with coverage extended into the Christian era. It remains the most comprehensive and engaging introduction to the sexual cultures of ancient Greece and Rome.Covers a wide range of subjects, including Greek pederasty and the symposium, ancient prostitution, representations of women in Greece and Rome, and the public regulation of sexual behaviorExpanded coverage extends to the advent of Christianity, includes added illustrations, and offers student-friendly pedagogical featuresText boxes supply intriguing information about tangential topicsGives a thorough overview of current literature while encouraging further reading and discussionConveys the complexity of ancient attitudes towards sexuality and gender and the modern debates they have engendered

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List of Illustrations and Maps xiiPreface to the First Edition xivPreface to the Second Edition xviiAcknowledgments xxiAbbreviations xxiiiChronological Charts xxxvMapsIntroduction: Why Ancient Sexuality? Issues and Approaches 1Thinking about Sexuality 4Sex Changes 6Checking the Right Box 11The Language and Ethos of Boy-love 17Foul Mouths 27Conclusion 32Discussion Prompts 34Further Reading 351 The Homeric Age: Epic Sexuality 37The Golden Goddess 39Dynamics of Desire 46The Baneful Race of Women 49Love under Siege 53The Beguilement of Zeus 57Alternatives to Penelope 60Achilles in the Closet? 68Conclusion 70Discussion Prompts 74Further Reading 742 The Archaic Age: Symposium and Initiation 76When the Cups Are Placed 78Fields of Erotic Dreams 82Singing as a Man . . . 99. . . and Singing as a Woman 95Boys into Men 62Girls into Women 113Conclusion 122Discussion Prompts 126Further Reading 1273 Late Archaic Athens: More than Meets the Eye 128Out of Etruria 130Lines of Sight 134Flirtation at the Gym 136Party Girls 143In the Boudoir 153Bride of Quietness 157Conclusion 159Discussion Prompts 161Further Reading 1624 Classical Athens: The Politics of Sex 166More Equal than Others 169Pederasty and Class 175Interview with the Kinaidos 187In the Grandest Families 198Criminal Proceedings 206His and Hers [or His] 209Conclusion 218Discussion Prompts 221Further Reading 2225 The Early Hellenistic Period: Turning Inwards 224Court Intrigues 230Medicine and the Sexes 235From Croton to Crete 241Safe Sex 247Athenian Idol 255Conclusion 263Discussion Prompts 26

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Marilyn B. Skinner is Professor of Classics Emerita at the University of Arizona. Her research has focused on notions of gender and sexuality in the ancient world. She is the author of Clodia Metelli: The Tribune's Sister (2011), and co-editor of Narrating Desire: Eros, Sex, and Gender in the Ancient Novel (with M. P. F. Pinheiro and F. I. Zeitlin, 2012), and The New Sappho on Old Age: Textual and Philosophical Issues (with E. Greene, 2009).