This volume collects and introduces some of the best writing on sexual behaviour and gender differences in ancient Greece and Rome including four chapters newly translated from German and French.For centuries discussions of sexuality and gender in the ancient world, if they took place at all, focussed on how the roles and spheres of the sexes were divided. While men occupied the public sphere of the community, ranged through the Greek and Roman worlds and participated in politics, courts, theatre and sport, women kept to the home. Sex occupied a separate sphere, in scholarly terms restricted...
This volume collects and introduces some of the best writing on sexual behaviour and gender differences in ancient Greece and Rome including four chap...
'Sport in the Ancient World from A to Z' covers a wide range of Greek and Roman sporting activities. Arranged in an easy-to-use dictionary format, this volume includes more than 700 entries discussing ancient athletes, festivals, important sites, equipment and concepts.
'Sport in the Ancient World from A to Z' covers a wide range of Greek and Roman sporting activities. Arranged in an easy-to-use dictionary format, thi...
