Greek Homosexuality : Updated and with a new Postscript

by: Dover, K.J.

Greek homosexuality

Author: K. J. Dover

Summary: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

x, 246 pages, 56 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents:
Part one. Problems, sources and method. Scale
The visual arts
Literature
Vocabulary. Part two. The prosecution of Timarkhos. The law
(Male prostitution
Penalties
Status
Hubris)
Manifestations of Eros
(Defenses against a charge of prostitution
Eros and desire
Eros and love
Following and fighting
Homosexual poetry)
Nature and society
(Natural impulse
Male and female physique
Masculine and feminine styles)
Greek homosexuality
(Pursuit and flight
Courtship and copulation
Dominant and subordinate roles). Part three. Special aspects and developments. Publicity
Predilections and fantasies
Comic exploitation
Philosophical exploitation
Women and homosexuality. Part four. Changes. The Dorians
Myth and history

Subjects:
Civilization
Greece
Greece Civilization
Greece Civilization To 146 B.C
Grèce Civilisation Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C
History
Homosexualité Grèce Histoire
Homosexualité Législation Grèce
Homosexualité dans la littérature
Homosexualité et art
Homosexualité et art Grèce
Homosexualité et littérature Grèce
Homosexuality
Homosexuality Greece
Homosexuality Greece History
Homosexuality Law and legislation
Homosexuality Law and legislation Greece
Homosexuality Law and legislation Greece History
Homosexuality and art
Homosexuality and art Greece
Homosexuality and literature
Homosexuality and literature Greece
Homosexuality in art
Homosexuality in literature
Literature and morals
Littérature et morale
Monosexuality
Sexual orientation
To 146 B.C

Greek Homosexuality : Updated and with a new Postscript

by: Dover, K.J.

• ISBN-13: 9780674362703 / 978-0-674-36270-3
• ISBN-03: 0674362705 / 0-674-36270-5
• Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1989