Eros
The Myth Of Ancient Greek Sexuality
1st Edition
Published on 28. August 2019
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-367-31551-1 (ISBN)
Description
Eros: The Myth of Ancient Greek Sexuality is a controversial book that lays bare the meanings Greeks gave to sex. Contrary to the romantic idealization of sex dominating our culture, the Greeks saw eros as a powerful force of nature, potentially dangerous, and in need of control by society: Eros the Destroyer, not Cupid the Insipid, fired the Greek
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
591 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-31551-1 (9780367315511)
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02/2018
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02/1998
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Person
Bruce S. Thornton is professor of classics and chairman of the Department of Foreign Languages at California State University at Fresno.
Content
Introduction: "Custom the King of All" -- Part 1 The "Controlless Core" -- 1 The "Tyrant of Gods and Men" -- 2 The Golden Child of the Bloody Foam -- 3 Pandora's "Foul Tribe of Women" -- 4 Monsters of Appetite -- Part 2 The "Fancied Sway" -- 5 Taming the Beasts -- 6 Erotic Technology -- 7 Wives and the Order of the House -- 8 Eros the Pedagogue -- Conclusion: Dissing Eros and Aphrodite