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1 online resource (504 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Reconsiderations About Greek Homosexualities; The Dispersion of Pederasty and the Athletic Revolution in Sixth-Century BC Greece; Glukus Himeros: Pederastic Influence on the Myth of Ganymede; Pindar's Tenth Olympian and Athlete-Trainer Pederasty; Boeotian Swine: Homosexuality in Boeotia; "Sleeping in the Bosom of a Tender Companion": Homoerotic Attachments in Sappho; Some Myths and Anomalies in the Study of Roman Sexuality; Representations of the Cinaedus in Roman Art: Evidence of "Gay" Subculture? |
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The Originality of Tibullus' Marathus ElegiesOn Kissing and Sighing: Renaissance Homoerotic Love from Ficino's De Amore and Sopra Lo Amore to Cesare Trevisani's L'impresa (1569); Light in Hellas: How German Classical Philology Engendered Gay Scholarship; Hellenism and Homoeroticism in Shelley and His Circle; The Greek Mirror: The Uranians and Their Use of Greece; Eros Underground: Greece and Rome in Gay Print Culture, 1953-65; Table of Abbreviations; Index of Names and Terms; Index Locorum; General Index |
| Summary |
New and surprising insights into homoeroticism of times pastIn ancient times, the Greek god Eros personified both heterosexual and homosexual attractions. Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in Classical Tradition of the West explores the homosexual side of the vanished civilizations of Greece and Rome, and the resulting influence on the Classical tradition of the West. Respected scholars clearly present evidence that shows the extensive nature of homoeroticism and homosexuality in the Classical world. Iconography such as vase decoration and carved gemstones is pr |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Provencal, Vernon L
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| ISBN |
9781317953371 |
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1317953371 |
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