Sex Vice and Love from Antiquity to Modernity

Sex: Vice and Love from Antiquity to Modernity examines the impact that sexual fantasies about the classical world have had on modern Western culture. Offers a wealth of information on sex in the Greek and Roman world Correlates the study of classical sexuality with modern Western cultures Identifies key influential themes in the evolution of erotic discourse from antiquity to modernity Presents a serious and thought-provoking topic with great accessibility

ALASTAIR J.L. BLANSHARD is a senior lecturer in Classics & Ancient History at the University of Sydney. He is the author of Hercules: A Heroic Life (2005).

List of Illustrations
Preface
Roman Vice
Introduction
Naked Bodies
An introduction cless than successful to the naked body
The Naked Body in Greece
Naked Romans
The Love of Art and the Art of Love
Obscene Texts
Illustrating the Unspeakable
Talking Dirty
Erotic Rites
The Myth of the Orgy
Locating the Erotic in Roman Religion
Imperial Biography
The Private Lives of the Caesars
Explaining Roman Gossip Culture
Greek Love
Introduction
What is 'Greek Love'?: Scenes from a Courtroom I
Greece
The Loves of Hellas
The Platonic Vision
Rome and the West
Greece under Rome and Rome under Greece
Greek love burns briefly, but brightly
Renaissance and Enlightenment
Giving Birth in the Beautiful
The Pursuit of Love
Nineteenth-Century and Beyond
Greek Love Triumphant
Sapphic Love
A Mixed Legacy
Epilogue
Scenes from a Courtroom II
Notes and Further Reading
Bibliography
Index
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Sex Vice and Love from Antiquity to Modernity

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