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Series |
Ancient cultures ; 2621
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Contents |
List of illustrations and maps -- Preface to the first edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chronological charts -- Maps -- Introduction: why ancient sexuality? : issues and approaches -- The Homeric age : epic sexuality -- The archaic age : symposium and initiation -- Late archaic athens : more than meets the eye -- Classical Athens : the politics of sex -- The early hellenistic period : turning inwards -- The later hellenistic period : the feminine mystique -- Early Rome : a tale of three cultures -- Republican and Augustan Rome : the soft embrace of Venus -- Elites in the empire : self and others -- The imperial populace : toward salvation? -- Afterword: the use of antiquity -- Glossary of terms. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
Genre/form | Electronic books. |
LCCN | 2013018151 |
ISBN | 9781444349863 (pbk. : alk. paper) |