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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hubbard, Thomas K.

Series:

Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.

Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homosexuality--Greece--History--Sources.

Homosexuality.

Homosexuality--Rome--History--Sources.

Greece--Social life and customs--Sources.

Greece.

Rome--Social life and customs--Sources.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (599 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, [Calif.] : University of California Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

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 by 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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Translation Credits

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. Archaic Greek Lyric

Chapter 2. Greek Historical Texts

Chapter 3. Greek Comedy

Chapter 4. Greek Oratory

chapter 5. Greek Philosophy

Chapter 6. Hellenistic Poetry

Chapter 7. Republican Rome

Chapter 8. Augustan Rome

Chapter 9. Early Imperial Rome

Chapter 10. Later Greco-Roman Antiquity

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780520234307

0520234308

9780585466026

0585466025

9781282359581

1282359584

9780520936508

0520936507

9781597346597

1597346594

OCLC:

475927995