Globalization and Contemporary Art
Contents
Illustrations and Maps
Illustrations
Maps
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
General
Greek Authors and Works
Roman Authors and Works
Works of Secondary Scholarship
Chronological Charts
Greece
Rome
Maps
Introduction: Why Ancient Sexuality? Issues and Approaches
Thinking about Sexuality
Sex Changes
Checking the Right Box
The Language and Ethos of Boy-love
Foul Mouths
Conclusion
Notes
References
Further Reading
1 The Homeric Age: Epic Sexuality
The Golden Goddess
Dynamics of Desire
The Baneful Race of Women
Love under Siege
The Beguilement of Zeus
Alternatives to Penelope
Achilles in the Closet?
Conclusion
Notes
References
Further Reading
2 The Archaic Age: Symposium and Initiation
When the Cups Are Placed
Fields of Erotic Dreams
Singing as a Man …
… and Singing as a Woman
Boys into Men
Girls into Women
Conclusion
Notes
References
Further Reading
3 Late Archaic Athens: More than Meets the Eye
Out of Etruria
Lines of Sight
Flirtation at the Gym
Party Girls
In the Boudoir
Bride of Quietness
Conclusion
Notes
References
Further Reading
4 Classical Athens: The Politics of Sex
More Equal than Others
Pederasty and Class
Interview with the Kinaidos
In the Grandest Families
Criminal Proceedings
His and Hers (or His)
Conclusion
Notes
References
Further Reading
5 The Early Hellenistic Period: Turning Inwards
Court Intrigues
Medicine and the Sexes
From Croton to Crete
Safe Sex
Athenian Idol
Conclusion
Notes
References
Further Reading
6 The Later Hellenistic Period: The Feminine Mystique
Disrobing Aphrodite
Hellenes in Egypt
Love among the Pyramids
To Colchis and Back
Desiring Women – and their Detractors
Conclusion
Notes
References
Further Reading
7 Early Rome: A Tale of Three Cultures
The Pecking Order
Imported Vices
Bringing Women under Control
Butchery for Fun
Conclusion
Notes
References
Further Reading
8 Republican and Augustan Rome: The Soft Embrace of Venus
Only Joking
Young Men(?) in Love
Mother of All Empires
Domestic Visibility
Going Too Far
Conclusion
Notes
References
Further Reading
9 Elites in the Empire: Self and Others
Risky Business
Boys Named Sue
Them
Roads to Romance
‘Greek Love’ under Rome
Roads to Nowhere
Conclusion
Notes
References
Further Reading
10 The Imperial Populace: Toward Salvation?
The 99%
Gravestones and Walls
In the Eye of the Beholder
“O Isis und Osiris …”
Christian Continence
Things Fall Apart
Conclusion
Notes
References
Further Reading
Afterword: The Use of Antiquity
References
Glossary of Terms
Index