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:	9781474257152
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/19/2016
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	859,845
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.80(d)

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.

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