Sex Or Symbol? Erotic Images of Greece and Rome

by: Johns, C.

Investigating overt sexual representations in the art of Greek and Roman life, Johns explains that many of the objects which Victorians found shocking were not all intended to have an erotic purpose. Many had a religious and apotropaic function, and also shed light on social mores of the time.

Contents:
Collectors and prudes; fertility and religion; the phallus and the Evil Eye; Dionysos and drama; men and beasts; men and women; conclusions.

Subjects:
Civilisation ancienne
Civilization, Classical
Erotica
Érotisme
Greece
Rome (Empire)
Sex customs
Sex customs Greece
Sex customs Rome
Sex symbolism
Symbolisme sexuel
Vie sexuelle Grèce
Vie sexuelle Rome

160 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Thucydides: History III

by: Rhodes, P.J.

• ISBN-13: 9780856685408 / 978-0-85668-540-8
• ISBN-03: 0856685402 / 0-85668-540-2
• Aris & Phillips Ltd., Oxford, 2004

Price: 37,00 EURO

1 copy in stock

The Greek City States: A source book

by: Rhodes, P.J.

• ISBN-13: 9780521615563 / 978-0-521-61556-3
• ISBN-03: 0521615569 / 0-521-61556-9
• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007

Price: 32,00 EURO

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Greek Historical Inscriptions 404-323 BC

by: Rhodes, P.J. Osborne, R.

• ISBN-13: 9780199216499 / 978-0-19-921649-9
• ISBN-03: 0199216495 / 0-19-921649-5
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007

Price: 89,00 EURO

1 copy in stock

The Thetford Treasure : Roman Jewellery and Silver

by: Johns, C. Potter, T.

• ISBN-13: 9780714113722 / 978-0-7141-1372-2
• ISBN-03: 0714113727 / 0-7141-1372-7
• British Museum Press, London, 1983

Price: 46,07 EURO

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The Athenian Empire : Using Coins as Sources

by: Kallet, L. Kroll, J.H.

• ISBN-13: 9781107686700 / 978-1-107-68670-0
• ISBN-03: 1107686709 / 1-107-68670-9
• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2020

Price: 22,26 EURO

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Sex Or Symbol? Erotic Images of Greece and Rome

by: Johns, C.

• ISBN-13: 9780714117133 / 978-0-7141-1713-3
• ISBN-03: 0714117137 / 0-7141-1713-7
• British Museum Press, London, 1982

Fouilles de Delphes Tome V: La ceramique protobyzantine de Delphes: Une production et son contexte

by: Petridis, P.

• ISBN-13: 9782869582033 / 978-2-86958-203-3
• ISBN-03: 286958203X / 2-86958-203-X
• Ecole Francaise d'Athenes, Athenes, 2010

The Greek State at War, Part V

by: Pritchett, W.K.

• ISBN-13: 9780520073746 / 978-0-520-07374-6
• ISBN-03: 0520073746 / 0-520-07374-6
• University of California Press, Berkeley, 1991

Corpus of the Ancient Coins of Athens

by: Svoronos, J.

• ISBN-03: 0890050104
• Ares Publishers, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, 1997