Sexual Culture in Ancient Greece

by Daniel H. Garrison

Book Overview

Erotic sensibility pervaded the art, literature, and social mores of the ancient Greeks. Early religious figurines emphasize sexual features, and written documents confirm that the people worshiped... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080613237X
• ISBN13: 9780806132372
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Stands well alone as a college-level survey

Sexual Culture In Ancient Greece adds to the university's series in classical culture, but stands well alone as a college-level survey of early religious and sexual culture in ancient Greece. Art from the earliest periods accompanies a discussion of nine successive stages of Greek sexual culture, using passages from Biblical, Near Eastern and Greek literature to trace ideas of sexual culture in regional civilizations. The only comprehensive survey of Greek sexual culture.