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Pornography and Representation in Greece and Rome
By Amy Richlin
352 pages
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Synopsis
This collection of essays represents one of the very few large-scale applications of feminist theory to Greco-Roman antiquity. It is unusual in that texts and works of art are considered jointly. The essays consider Greek tragedy and major figures such as Aristophanes, the Roman historian Livy and the poet Ovid from a feminist perspective; they take into account the new work being done on ancient novels; and they deal with previously neglected topics such as the anthologist Athenaeus, and the fragments ...
This collection of essays represents one of the very few large-scale applications of feminist theory to Greco-Roman antiquity. It is unusual in that texts and works of art are considered jointly. The essays consider Greek tragedy and major figures such as Aristophanes, the Roman historian Livy and the poet Ovid from a feminist perspective; they take into account the new work being done on ancient novels; and they deal with previously neglected topics such as the anthologist Athenaeus, and the fragments of erotic handbooks (the ancient pornographers).
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Acknowledgments vii
- Contents ix
- Introduction xi
- Time Line of Events, Sources, and Persons Discussed xxiv
- 1: Pornography and Persuasion on Attic Pottery 3
- Notes 34
- 2: Tragedy and the Politics of Containment 36
- Notes 51
- 3: Eros in Love: Pederasty and Pornography in Greece 53
- Notes 72
- 4: The Mute Nude Female Characters in Aristophanes' Plays 73
- Notes 88
- Appendix Texts Relating to the Writers of Sexual Handbooks 108
- Notes 109
- 6: The Body Female and the Body Politic: Livy's Lucretia and Verginia 112
- Title Page iii
- Acknowledgments vii
- Contents ix
- Introduction xi
- Time Line of Events, Sources, and Persons Discussed xxiv
- 1: Pornography and Persuasion on Attic Pottery 3
- Notes 34
- 2: Tragedy and the Politics of Containment 36
- Notes 51
- 3: Eros in Love: Pederasty and Pornography in Greece 53
- Notes 72
- 4: The Mute Nude Female Characters in Aristophanes' Plays 73
- Notes 88
- Appendix Texts Relating to the Writers of Sexual Handbooks 108
- Notes 109
- 6: The Body Female and the Body Politic: Livy's Lucretia and Verginia 112
- Notes 129
- 7: The Domestication of Desire: Ovid's Parva Tabella and the Theater of Love 131
- Notes 155
- Notes 158
- Notes 178
- Notes 179
- 9: Death as Decoration: Scenes from the Arena on Roman Domestic Mosaics 180
- Notes 208
- 10: Callirhoe 212
- 11: Sweet and Pleasant Passion: Female and Male Fantasy in Ancient Romance Novels 231
- Notes 249
- 12: The Edible Woman: Athenaeus's Concept of the Pornographic 250
- Conclusion 266
- Notes 269
- Notes 269
- Notes 283
- Bibliography 285
- Contributors 313
- Index 315