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| Genre/Form: | History |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Dover, K.J. (Kenneth James), 1920-2010. Greek homosexuality. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1978 (OCoLC)654315759 |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
K J Dover |
| ISBN: | 0674362616 9780674362611 0394742249 9780394742243 |
| OCLC Number: | 3088711 |
| Notes: | Includes indexes. |
| Description: | x, 244 pages, 29 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents: | I. Problems, sources and methods -- 1. Scale -- 2. The visual arts -- 3. Literature -- 4. Vocabulary -- II. The prosecution of troublemakers -- A. The law -- 1. Male prostitution -- 2. Penalties -- 3. Status -- 4. Hubris -- B. Manifestations of Eros -- 1. Defences against a charge of prostitution -- 2. Eros and desire -- 3. Eros and love -- 4. Following and fighting -- 5. Homosexual poetry -- C. Nature and society -- 1. Natural impulse -- 2. Male and female physique -- 3. Masculine and feminine styles -- 4. Pursuit and flight -- 5. Courtship and copulation -- 6. Dominant and subordinate roles -- III. Special aspects and developments -- A. Publicity -- B. Predilections and fantasies -- C. Comic exploitation -- D. Philosophical exploitation -- E. Women and homosexuality -- IV. Changes -- A. The Dorians -- B. Myth and history. |
| Responsibility: | K.J. Dover. |
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