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Title When men were men : masculinity, power and identity in classical antiquity / edited by Lin Foxhall and John Salmon
Published London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 257 pages) : illustrations
Series Leicester-Nottingham studies in ancient society ; volume 8
Leicester-Nottingham studies in ancient society ; v. 8.
Contents Brief history of tears / Hans Van Wees -- Machismo of the Athenian Empire, or the reign of the phaulus? / Paul Cartledge -- Violence, masculinity and the law in classical Athens / Nick Fisher -- Sex and paternity / Eireann Marshall -- Masculinity of the Hellenistic king / Jim Roy -- Sexing a Roman / Jane F. Gardner -- Experiencing the male body in Roman Egypt / Dominic Montserrat -- Imperial cult / Susan Fischler -- Cube and the square / Jill Harries -- All that may become a man / Keith Hopwood -- Arms and the man / Richard Alston
Summary When Men Were Men questions the deep-set assumption that men's history speaks and has always spoken for all of us, by exploring the history of classical antiquity as an explicitly masculine story. With a preface by Sarah Pomeroy, this study employs different methodologies and focuses on a broad range of source materials, periods and places
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-247) and indexes
Notes Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed April 21, 2020)
Subject Masculinity -- History
Men -- Greece
Men -- Rome
Civilization, Classical.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Men's Studies.
Civilization, Classical
Masculinity
Men
Mannelijkheid.
Sekserol.
Klassieke oudheid.
Civilisation classique.
Masculinité (psychologie) -- Antiquité.
Civilisation antique.
Homme -- Grèce -- Antiquité.
Homme -- Rome -- Antiquité.
Greece
Rome (Empire)
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
Author Foxhall, Lin, editor
Salmon, John, 1942- editor.
LC no. 98014169
ISBN 9781134686704
1134686706
9780203759417
0203759419
9781134686841
1134686846
9781134686773
1134686773
041561936X
9780415619363