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Title Homosexuality in Greece and Rome : a sourcebook of basic documents / edited by Thomas K. Hubbard.

Imprint Berkeley [Calif.] : University of California Press, ©2003.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.766 H768HI    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 558 pages ; 24 cm
Series Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. Archaic Greek Lyric -- 2. Greek Historical Texts -- 3. Greek Comedy -- 4. Greek Oratory -- 5. Greek Philosophy -- 6. Hellenistic Poetry -- 7. Republican Rome -- 8. Augustan Rome -- 9. Early Imperial Rome -- 10. Later Greco-Roman Antiquity.
Summary "The most important primary texts on homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome are translated into modern, explicit English and collected together for the first time in this comprehensive sourcebook. Covering an extensive period - from the earliest Greek texts in the late seventh century b.c.e. to Greco-Roman texts of the third and fourth centuries c.e. - the volume includes well-known writings by Plato, Sappho, Aeschines, Catullus, and Juvenal, as well as less well known but highly relevant and intriguing texts such as graffiti, comic fragments, magical papyri, medical treatises, and selected artistic evidence. These fluently translated texts, together with Thomas K. Hubbard's valuable introductions, clearly show that there was in fact no more consensus about homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome than there is today." "The material is organized by period and genre, allowing readers to consider chronological developments in both Greece and Rome. Individual texts each are presented with a short introduction contextualizing them by date and, where necessary, discussing their place within a larger work. Chapter introductions discuss questions of genre and the ideological significance of the texts, while Hubbard's general introduction to the volume addresses issues such as sexual orientation in antiquity, moral judgments, class and ideology, and lesbianism. With its broad, unexpurgated, and thoroughly informed presentation, this unique anthology gives an essential perspective on homosexuality in classical antiquity."--Jacket.
Subject Homosexuality -- Greece -- History -- Sources.
Homosexuality -- Rome -- History -- Sources.
Greece -- Social life and customs -- Sources.
Ελλάδα -- Κοινωνική ζωή και έθιμα -- Μέχρι το 146 π.Χ.
Rome -- Social life and customs -- Sources.
Homosexualité -- Grèce -- Histoire -- Sources.
Homosexualité -- Rome -- Histoire -- Sources.
Greece -- Mœurs et coutumes -- Sources.
Rome -- Mœurs et coutumes -- Sources.
Alltag, Brauchtum.
Antike.
Geschichte.
Greece.
Rom.
Homosexuality. (OCoLC)fst00959755
Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
Greece. (OCoLC)fst01208380
Rome (Empire) (OCoLC)fst01204885
Homosexualität (DE-588)4025798-8
Geschichte (DE-588)4020517-4
Quelle (DE-588)4135952-5
Greece Altertum (DE-588)4093976-5
Römisches Reich (DE-588)4076778-4
Homoseksualiteit.
Klassieke oudheid.
Coutume sociale.
Histoire.
Homosexualité
Moeurs.
Grèce antique.
Rome antique.
Homosexuality -- history. (DNLM)D006716Q000266
Greece. (DNLM)D006115
Rome. (DNLM)D012384
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
Quelle. (DE-588)4135952-5.
Added Author Hubbard, Thomas K.
ISBN 0520223810 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780520223813 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0520234308 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780520234307 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Standard No. 9780520234307
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