Homosexuality In Ancient Athens
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Homosexuality In Ancient Athens
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Author : Joseph R. Laurin
language : en
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Release Date : 2005
Homosexuality In Ancient Athens written by Joseph R. Laurin and has been published by Trafford Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
Homosexuality in Ancient Athens is a brief, yet comprehensive and thoroughly documented history of the life style of men and women during the Classical period of the fifth and fourth centuries BCE in Athens, Greece. The references to ancient literary and iconographic sources and to modern literature are collected by chapters as follows: Definitions, Mythical Origin of Man, Men's Sexual Life Style, Homosexuality, Pederasty, Effeminacy, Lesbianism, Men's Friendship and Sexual Reality. A select Bibliography and Index follow the 173 pages of text, illustrated by two maps and eight reproductions of ancient paintings on vases. This book is an offshoot of Women of Ancient Athens published recently by the same author. Homosexuality in Ancient Athens is dedicated to all readers who desire to know more about the homosexual life style of the ancient Athenian men and women. Their history is unique in many ways, always intriguing and fascinating. This scholarly book is perfectly suited for libraries for adults and for academic reference centers as well as leading bookstores carrying English titles. Its Print-on-Demand access contributes to a wider distribution at a lower price. A quiz, for no grade or credit, just for fun! 1. Did the playwright Aristophanes and the philosopher Aristotle know each other in Athens? Yes ____ or No ____ 2. Were the terms "homosexual" and "lesbian" created by the Greeks of the Classical period? Yes ____ or No ____ 3. Was Cornelius Celsus of the first century CE first to write a treatise on venereal diseases? Yes ____ or No ____ 4. Was The dialogue "Symposium" written about love by Aristophanes ? Yes ____ or No ____ 5. Was the hero Achilles younger than his friend Patroclus? Yes ____ or No ____ 6. Did Aristotle object to the practice of pederasty when he wrote his Nicomachean Ethics? Yes ____ or No ____ 7. Did Nicomachus succeed his father Aristotle as director of the Lyceum of Athens? Yes ____ or No ____ 8. Did Socrates live before Jesus? time? Yes ____ No ____ If you need some help, please find the answers below in "Excerpts" section.
Homosexuality In The Ancient World
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Author : Wayne R. Dynes
language : de
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 1992
Homosexuality In The Ancient World written by Wayne R. Dynes and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
This book is a collection of essays focusing on homosexual behavior in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Ancient Greece, and Ancient Rome.
One Hundred Years Of Homosexuality
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Author : David M Halperin
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-07-26
One Hundred Years Of Homosexuality written by David M Halperin and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-26 with History categories.
Halperin's subject is the erotics of male culture in ancient Greece. Arguing that the modern concept of "homosexuality" is an inadequate tool for the interpretation of these features of sexual life in antiquity, Halperin offers an alternative account that accords greater prominence to the indigenous terms in which sexual experiences were constituted in the ancient Mediterranean world. Wittily and provocatively written, Halperin's meticulously drawn windows onto ancient sexuality give us a new meaning to the concept of "Greek love."
Same Sex Desire And Love In Greco Roman Antiquity And In The Classical Tradition Of The West
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Author : Beerte C. Verstraete
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-05-01
Same Sex Desire And Love In Greco Roman Antiquity And In The Classical Tradition Of The West written by Beerte C. Verstraete and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-01 with Social Science categories.
New and surprising insights into homoeroticism of times past In 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 presented in photographs, and the text includes an examination of a wide selection of literature of the times with an eye to opening new vistas for future study. Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in Classical Tradition of the West lays to rest the myths generally accepted as truth about Greco-Roman views on homosexuality and brings fresh insights to philological and historical scholarship. This book provides nuanced, humanistic discussions on the common phenomena of same-sex desire. Topics include Greek pederasty and its origins, the Greek female homoeroticism of Sappho, homosexuality in Greek and Roman art and literature, and the emergence of the gay liberation movement with the influence of discussions of Greek and Roman homosexuality in the twentieth century. The text is extensively referenced and includes helpful notation. Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in Classical Tradition of the West provides a comprehensive table of abbreviations, subject index, and index of names and terms. It discusses in detail: the integral role athletic nudity played in athlete-trainer pederasty the central role of pederasty in Greek history, politics, art, literature, and learning tracing the history of the Ganymede myth how the athletic culture of Sparta contributed to the spread of pederasty in Greece homosexuality in Boeotia in contrast to the rest of Greece the homoeroticism of Sappho dispelling generally accepted myths prevalent about Roman sexuality Roman visual representations of homosexuality as evidence of prevailing attitudes homoerotic connotations in literature and philosophy of the Italian Renaissance the effect of German classical philology on gay scholarship English Romantic poets and the importance of male love in their lives the Uranians’ use of allusions and themes from ancient Greece the building of intellectual community through gay print culture—through the use of Greece and Rome as models and more Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in Classical Tradition of the West is essential reading for Classicists, specialists in gender/sexuality studies, humanists interested in the classical tradition in Western culture, psychologists, and other social scientists in human sexuality.
Greek Homosexuality
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Author : Kenneth James Dover
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1989
Greek Homosexuality written by Kenneth James Dover and has been published by Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with History categories.
To what extent and in what ways was homosexuality approved by the ancient Greeks? An eminent classicist examines the evidence--vase paintings, archaic and classical poetry, the dialogues of Plato, speeches in the law courts, the comedies of Aristophanes--and reaches provocative conclusions. A discussion of female homosexuality is included.
Homosexuality In Greece And Rome
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Author : Thomas K. Hubbard
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2003-05-12
Homosexuality In Greece And Rome written by Thomas K. Hubbard and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-05-12 with Social Science categories.
The most important primary texts on homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome are translated into modern, explicit English and collected together for the first time in this comprehensive sourcebook. Covering an extensive period—from the earliest Greek texts in the late seventh century b.c.e. to Greco-Roman texts of the third and fourth centuries c.e.—the volume includes well-known writings by Plato, Sappho, Aeschines, Catullus, and Juvenal, as well as less well known but highly relevant and intriguing texts such as graffiti, comic fragments, magical papyri, medical treatises, and selected artistic evidence. These fluently translated texts, together with Thomas K. Hubbard's valuable introductions, clearly show that there was in fact no more consensus about homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome than there is today. The material is organized by period and by genre, allowing readers to consider chronological developments in both Greece and Rome. Individual texts each are presented with a short introduction contextualizing them by date and, where necessary, discussing their place within a larger work. Chapter introductions discuss questions of genre and the ideological significance of the texts, while Hubbard's general introduction to the volume addresses issues such as sexual orientation in antiquity, moral judgments, class and ideology, and lesbianism. With its broad, unexpurgated, and thoroughly informed presentation, this unique anthology gives an essential perspective on homosexuality in classical antiquity.
Greek Homosexuality
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Author : K. J. Dover
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-05-19
Greek Homosexuality written by K. J. Dover and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-19 with History categories.
Hailed as magisterial when it first appeared, Greek Homosexuality remains an academic milestone and continues to be of major importance for students and scholars of gender studies. Kenneth Dover explores the understanding of homosexuality in ancient Greece, examining a vast array of material and textual evidence that leads him to provocative conclusions. This new release of the 1989 second edition, for which Dover wrote an epilogue reflecting on the impact of his book, includes two specially commissioned forewords assessing the author's legacy and the place of his text within modern studies of gender in the ancient world.
The Greeks And Greek Love
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Author : James N. Davidson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
The Greeks And Greek Love written by James N. Davidson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Greece categories.
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Female Homosexuality In Ancient Greece And Rome
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Author : Sandra Boehringer
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-09-06
Female Homosexuality In Ancient Greece And Rome written by Sandra Boehringer and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-06 with History categories.
This groundbreaking study, among the earliest syntheses on female homosexuality throughout Antiquity, explores the topic with careful reference to ancient concepts and views, drawing fully on the existing visual and written record including literary, philosophical, and scientific documents. Even today, ancient female homosexuals are still too often seen in terms of a mythical, ethereal Sapphic love, or stereotyped as "Amazons" or courtesans. Boehringer's scholarly book replaces these clichés with rigorous, precise analysis of iconography and texts by Sappho, Plato, Ovid, Juvenal, and many other lyric poets, satirists, and astrological writers, in search of the prevailing norms, constraints, and possibilities for erotic desire. The portrait emerges of an ancient society to which today's sexual categories do not apply—a society "before sexuality"—where female homosexuality looks very different, but is nonetheless very real. Now available in English for the first time, Female Homosexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome includes a preface by David Halperin. This book will be of value to students and scholars of ancient sexuality and gender, and to anyone interested in histories and theories of sexuality.
Homosexuality And Civilization
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Author : Louis Crompton
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-07
Homosexuality And Civilization written by Louis Crompton and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07 with History categories.
How have major civilizations of the last two millennia treated people who were attracted to their own sex? In a narrative tour de force, Louis Crompton chronicles the lives and achievements of homosexual men and women alongside a darker history of persecution, as he compares the Christian West with the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome, Arab Spain, imperial China, and pre-Meiji Japan. Ancient Greek culture celebrated same-sex love in history, literature, and art, making high claims for its moral influence. By contrast, Jewish religious leaders in the sixth century B.C.E. branded male homosexuality as a capital offense and, later, blamed it for the destruction of the biblical city of Sodom. When these two traditions collided in Christian Rome during the late empire, the tragic repercussions were felt throughout Europe and the New World. Louis Crompton traces Church-inspired mutilation, torture, and burning of sodomites in sixth-century Byzantium, medieval France, Renaissance Italy, and in Spain under the Inquisition. But Protestant authorities were equally committed to the execution of homosexuals in the Netherlands, Calvin's Geneva, and Georgian England. The root cause was religious superstition, abetted by political ambition and sheer greed. Yet from this cauldron of fears and desires, homoerotic themes surfaced in the art of the Renaissance masters--Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Sodoma, Cellini, and Caravaggio--often intertwined with Christian motifs. Homosexuality also flourished in the court intrigues of Henry III of France, Queen Christina of Sweden, James I and William III of England, Queen Anne, and Frederick the Great. Anti-homosexual atrocities committed in the West contrast starkly with the more tolerant traditions of pre-modern China and Japan, as revealed in poetry, fiction, and art and in the lives of emperors, shoguns, Buddhist priests, scholars, and actors. In the samurai tradition of Japan, Crompton makes clear, the celebration of same-sex love rivaled that of ancient Greece. Sweeping in scope, elegantly crafted, and lavishly illustrated, Homosexuality and Civilization is a stunning exploration of a rich and terrible past.