One hundred years of homosexuality : and other essays on Greek love : Halperin, David M., 1952- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive (original) (raw)

x, 230 pages : 24 cm

Examining love, sex and gender in the ancient Greek world, the author documents the existence in ancient Greece of a radically unfamiliar set of attitudes and behaviours, institutions and social practices

"The New ancient world"--Jacket

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-224)

pt. 1. One hundred years of homosexuality -- "Homosexuality" : a cultural construct (an exchange with Richard Schneider) -- Two views of Greek love : Harold Patzer and Michel Foucault -- pt. 2. Heroes and their pals -- The democratic body : prostitution and citizenship in classical Athens -- Why is Diotima a woman?

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