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Book SynopsisMark Golden is Professor of Classics at the University of Winnipeg, Canada and author of
Children and Childhood in Classical Athens,
Sport and Society in Ancient Greece,
Sport in the Ancient World from A to Z, and
Greek Sport and Social Status.
Peter Toohey is Professor in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Calgary, Canada and is author of
Reading Epic,
Epic Lessons and
Melancholy, Love and Time.
Trade ReviewHolt Parker's chapter, 'Sex, Popular Beliefs, and Culture', won the 2014 Paul Rehak Award for Published Scholarship from the Lambda Classical Caucus * . *
Table of ContentsPreface Series Acknowledgements Acknowledgements List of Illustrations 1 Introduction Mark Golden, University of Winnipeg, Canada, and Peter Toohey, University of Calgary, Canada. 2 Heterosexuality Susan Lape, University of Southern California, USA 3 Homosexuality Daniel Ogden, University of Exeter, UK 4 Sexual Variations: Sexual Peculiarities of the Ancient Greeks and Romans John Younger, University of Kansas, USA 5 Sex, Religion, and the Law Esther Eidinow, Newman University College, Birmingham, UK 6 Sex, Medicine, and Disease Helen King, University of Reading, UK 7 Sex, Popular Beliefs, and Culture Holt Parker, University of Cincinnati, USA 8 Prostitution Allison Glazebrook, Brock University, Canada 9 Erotica: Visual Representation of Greek and Roman Sexual Culture John R. Clarke, University of Texas, USA Notes Bibliography Contributors Index of Ancient Sources Subject Index
