Bisexuality in the Ancient World

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Author: Eva Cantarella

ISBN-10: 0300093020

ISBN-13: 9780300093025

Category: Bisexuality

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In this readable and thought-provoking history of bisexuality in the classical age, Eva Cantarella draws on the full range of sources - from legal texts, inscriptions, and medical documents to poetry and philosophical literature - to reconstruct and compare the bisexual cultures of Athens and Rome. This new edition incorporates a new preface and an updated bibliography. Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality - Milton Diamond This is a book I recommend for all students of sexology.

Preface to the Second EditionPrefacePt. 1Greece1The Beginnings, the Greek Dark Age and the Archaic Period32The Classical Age173Homosexuality and Heterosexuality Compared in Philosophy and Literature544Women and Homosexuality78Pt. 2Rome5The Archaic Period and the Republic976The Late Republic and the Principate1207The Empire1558The Metamorphoses of Sexual Ethics in the Ancient World187Conclusions211Notes223Abbreviations269Select Bibliography273Index277