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Genre/Form: | History |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
James N Davidson |
ISBN: | 9780375505164 0375505164 |
OCLC Number: | 251204516 |
Description: | xxxiv, 789 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
Contents: | pt. I. The Greeks had words for it. Eros in love -- Grace, sex and favors -- Age-classes, love-rules and corrupting the young -- pt. II. Sodomania. Sexing up the Greeks -- Sex versus homosexuality -- Language as a mirror of the world -- pt. III. Greek love and Greek religions. Ganymede rising -- Noonday Phaedrus, Cephalus at dawn -- Pelops and Hyacinthus at new year -- pt. IV. Men of war. Achilles and Heracles -- Crete and Sparta -- The secrets of Elis, the sacred band and Alexander : regional variations -- Syzygies -- pt. V. Eros off duty. Sappho, Samos and the tomb of the diver : lyrics of Greek love -- Words and pictures : the Athenian system -- The fourth century : politics and the professionals -- Conclusion: a map of Greek love. |
Responsibility: | James Davidson. |
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