Greek Homosexuality: with Forewords by Stephen Halliwell, Mark Masterson and James Robson

by K. J. Dover, Stephen Halliwell (Foreword by), Mark Masterson (Foreword by), James Robson (Foreword by)

Overview

Hailed as magisterial when it first appeared, Greek Homosexuality remains an academic milestone and continues to be of major importance for students and scholars of gender studies. Kenneth Dover explores the understanding of homosexuality in ancient Greece, examining a vast array of material and textual evidence that leads him to provocative conclusions.

This new release of the 1989 second edition, for which Dover wrote an epilogue reflecting on the impact of his book, includes two specially commissioned forewords assessing the author's legacy and the place of his text within modern studies of gender in the ancient world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781474257169
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	05/19/2016
Series:	Criminal Practice Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	42 MB
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About the Author

Sir Kenneth Dover was Professor of Greek at the University of St. Andrews and former President of Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, UK. He published widely on ancient Greek writers, language and sexuality.

Stephen Halliwell is Professor of Greek and Wardlaw Professor of Classics at the University of St Andrews, UK.

Mark Masterson is Senior Lecturer in the School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

James Robson is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classical Studies at the Open University, UK.
Sir Kenneth Dover was Professor Emeritus of Greek at the University of St Andrews and President of Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, UK. Among his many publications are Greek Homosexuality (reissued with forewords,
Bloomsbury, 2016).
Stephen Halliwell is Professor of Greek at the University of St Andrews, UK. He is the author of The Poetics of Aristotle: Translation and Commentary (1987) also published by Bloomsbury, and Greek Laughter: A Study of Cultural Psychology from Homer to Early Christianity (2008).
Mark Masterson lectures in Classics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He has written on masculinity and sexuality in Statius, emperor Julian, and the Historia Monachorum. He was awarded the American Philological Association's Rehak Prize in 2007.
James Robson is Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies, Open University, UK. His publications include Humour, Obscenity and Aristophanes (2006) and Aristophanes: An Introduction (2009) (shortlisted for the Anglo-Hellenic League's Runciman Award).

Table of Contents

Foreword: The Book and Its Author (Stephen Halliwell, University of St Andrews, UK)
Foreword: The Book and its Influence (Mark Masterson, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and James Robson, Open University, UK)

Preface
Abbreviations

I PROBLEMS, SOURCES AND METHODS
1 Scale
2 The Visual Arts
3 Literature
4 Vocabulary

II THE PROSECUTION OF TIMARKHOS
A The Law
1 Male Prostitution
2 Penalties
3 Status
4 Hubris
B Manifestations of Eros
1 Defences against a Charge of Prostitution
2 Eros and Desire
3 Eros and Love
4 Following and Fighting
5 Homosexual Poetry
C Nature and Society
1 Natura/Impulse
2 Male and Female Physique
3 Masculine and Feminine Styles
4 Pursuit and Flight
5 Courtship and Copulation
6 Dominant and Subordinate Roles

III SPECIAL ASPECTS AND DEVELOPMENTS
A Publicity
B Predilections and Fantasies
C Comic Exploitation
D Philosophical Exploitation
E Women and Homosexuality

IV CHANGES
A The Dorians
B Myth and History

Postscript, 1989

List of Vases
Bibliography
Index of Greek Texts and Documents
Index of Greek Words
General Index