A Companion to Greek and Roman Sexualities

Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

A Companion to Greek and Roman Sexualities

Editor(s): Thomas K. Hubbard

Published Online: 15 NOV 2013 09:41PM EST

Print ISBN: 9781405195720

Online ISBN: 9781118610657

DOI: 10.1002/9781118610657

About this Book

A Companion to Greek and Roman Sexualities presents a comprehensive collection of original essays relating to aspects of gender and sexuality in the classical world.

  • Views the various practices and discursive contexts of sexuality systematically and holistically
  • Discusses Greece and Rome in each chapter, with sensitivity to the continuities and differences between the two classical civilizations
  • Addresses the classical influence on the understanding of later ages and religion
  • Covers artistic and literary genres, various social environments of sexual conduct, and the technical disciplines of medicine, magic, physiognomy, and dream interpretation
  • Features contributions from more than 40 top international scholars

Table of contents

    1. You have free access to this content
      Frontmatter (pages i–xxviii)

    2. You have free access to this content

      Chapter 1

      Feminist Theory (pages 1–16)

      Marilyn B. Skinner

    3. Chapter 2

      Studies of Ancient Masculinity (pages 17–30)

      Mark Masterson

    4. Chapter 3

      Desirability and the Body (pages 31–53)

      Mark D. Stansbury-O'Donnell

    5. Chapter 4

      Foucault's History of Sexuality and the Discipline of Classics (pages 54–68)

      Kirk Ormand

    6. Chapter 5

      Greek and Roman Marriage (pages 69–82)

      Allison Glazebrook and Kelly Olson

    7. Chapter 6

      Prostitution (pages 83–101)

      Thomas A. J. McGinn

    8. Chapter 7

      Ancient Pederasty (pages 102–127)

      Andrew Lear

    9. Chapter 8

      Peer Homosexuality (pages 128–149)

      Thomas K. Hubbard

    10. Chapter 9

      Female Homoeroticism (pages 150–163)

      Sandra Boehringer

    11. Chapter 10

      From Ascesis to Sexual Renunciation (pages 164–183)

      Thomas K. Hubbard and Maria Doerfler

    12. Chapter 11

      Sexual Abuse and Sexual Rights (pages 184–198)

      Edward E. Cohen

    13. Chapter 12

      Sumposion (pages 199–213)

      Sean Corner

    14. Chapter 13

      Sexuality in Greek and Roman Religion (pages 214–229)

      Jennifer Larson

    15. Chapter 14

      Sexuality in Greek and Roman Military Contexts (pages 230–243)

      David D. Leitao

    16. Chapter 15

      Athletics and Sexuality (pages 244–264)

      Nick Fisher

    17. Chapter 16

      Phusis and Sensuality (pages 265–281)

      Giulia Sissa

    18. Chapter 17

      Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered (pages 282–296)

      Radcliffe G. Edmonds III

    19. Chapter 18

      Dream Interpretation, Physiognomy, Body Divination (pages 297–313)

      Christophe Chandezon, Véronique Dasen and Jérôme Wilgaux

    20. Chapter 19

      Sex in Ancient Greek and Roman Epic (pages 314–334)

      Ingrid E. Holmberg

    21. Chapter 20

      Erotic Lyric (pages 335–351)

      Richard Rawles and Bartolo Natoli

    22. Chapter 21

      Sexuality in the Extant Greek and Roman Tragedies (pages 352–365)

      Hanna M. Roisman

    23. Chapter 22

      The Body Politic (pages 366–380)

      Monica Florence

    24. Chapter 23

      Greco-Roman Satirical Poetry (pages 381–397)

      Ralph M. Rosen and Catherine C. Keane

    25. Chapter 24

      Greek and Roman Ethnosexuality (pages 398–416)

      Joseph Roisman

    26. Chapter 25

      Platonic and Roman Influence on Stoic and Epicurean Sexual Ethics (pages 417–430)

      James Jope

    27. Chapter 26

      Sexual Rhetoric (pages 431–445)

      Allison Glazebrook

    28. Chapter 27

      Biography (pages 446–462)

      Caroline Vout

    29. Chapter 28

      Epistolography (pages 463–478)

      Owen Hodkinson

    30. Chapter 29

      Paths of Love (pages 479–492)

      T. Wade Richardson

    31. Chapter 30

      Sexual Themes in Greek and Latin Graffiti (pages 493–508)

      Craig Williams

    32. Chapter 31

      Sexuality and Visual Representation (pages 509–533)

      John R. Clarke

    33. Chapter 32

      Sexuality in Jewish Writings from 200 BCE to 200 CE (pages 534–548)

      Mary R. D'Angelo

    34. Chapter 33

      Early Christian Sexuality (pages 549–564)

      Kathy L. Gaca

    35. Chapter 34

      The Early Modern Erotic Imagination (pages 565–582)

      Alastair J. L. Blanshard

    36. Chapter 35

      Romantic Appropriations (pages 583–598)

      Michael Matthew Kaylor

    37. Chapter 36

      The Early Homophile Movement in Germany (pages 599–612)

      Hans Peter Obermayer

    38. Chapter 37

      Ancient Sexuality on Screen (pages 613–628)

      Monica S. Cyrino

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      Index of Ancient Works Cited (pages 629–646)

    40. You have free access to this content
      General Index (pages 647–651)

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