Companion to Greek and Roman Sexualities

Thomas K. Hubbard is Professor of Classics and holder of the Mary Helen Thompson Centennial Professorship in the Humanities at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the editor of Greek Love Reconsidered (2000) and Homosexuality in Greece and Rome: A Sourcebook of Basic Documents (2003), and the author of numerous articles on ancient sexuality.

• Foreword ixNotes on Contributors xiAbbreviations xviiNote on Ancient Greek Words, Names, and Titles xxvii1 Feminist Theory 1Marilyn B. Skinner2 Studies of Ancient Masculinity 17Mark Masterson3 Desirability and the Body 31Mark D. Stansbury-O’Donnell4 Foucault’s History of Sexuality and the Discipline of Classics 54Kirk Ormand5 Greek and Roman Marriage 69Allison Glazebrook and Kelly Olson6 Prostitution: Controversies and New Approaches 83Thomas A. J. McGinn7 Ancient Pederasty: An Introduction 102Andrew Lear8 Peer Homosexuality 128Thomas K. Hubbard9 Female Homoeroticism 150Sandra Boehringer10 From Ascesis to Sexual Renunciation 164Thomas K. Hubbard and Maria Doerfler11 Sexual Abuse and Sexual Rights: Slaves’ Erotic Experience at Athens and Rome 184Edward E. Cohen12 Sumposion 199Sean Corner13 Sexuality in Greek and Roman Religion 214Jennifer Larson14 Sexuality in Greek and Roman Military Contexts 230David D. Leitao15 Athletics and Sexuality 244Nick Fisher16 Phusis and Sensuality: Knowing the Body in Greek Erotic Culture 265Giulia Sissa17 Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered: Erotic Magic in the Greco-Roman World 282Radcliffe G. Edmonds III18 Dream Interpretation, Physiognomy, Body Divination 297Christophe Chandezon, Veronique Dasen, and Jerome Wilgaux19 Sex in Ancient Greek and Roman Epic 314Ingrid E. Holmberg20 Erotic Lyric 335Richard Rawles and Bartolo Natoli21 Sexuality in the Extant Greek and Roman Tragedies 352Hanna M. Roisman22 The Body Politic: Sexuality in Greek and Roman Comedy and Mime 366Monica Florence23 Greco-Roman Satirical Poetry 381Ralph M. Rosen and Catherine C. Keane24 Greek and Roman Ethnosexuality 398Joseph Roisman25 Platonic and Roman Influence on Stoic and Epicurean Sexual Ethics 417James Jope26 Sexual Rhetoric: From Athens to Rome 431Allison Glazebrook27 Biography 446Caroline Vout28 Epistolography 463Owen Hodkinson29 Paths of Love: Age and Gender Dynamics in the Erotic Novel 479T. Wade Richardson30 Sexual Themes in Greek and Latin Graffiti 493Craig Williams31 Sexuality and Visual Representation 509John R. Clarke 32 Sexuality in Jewish Writings from 200 BCE to 200 CE 534Mary R. D’Angelo33 Early Christian Sexuality 549Kathy L. Gaca34 The Early Modern Erotic Imagination 565Alastair J. L. Blanshard35 Romantic Appropriations 583Michael Matthew Kaylor36 The Early Homophile Movement in Germany 599Hans Peter Obermayer37 Ancient Sexuality on Screen 613Monica S. CyrinoIndex of Ancient Works Cited 629General Index 647

“While perhaps few readers will work through the volume as a whole, nearly all classicists will find some points of intersection with their own sub-fields. The discourses of sex in the ancient world are not confined to love poetry and erotic vase paintings, but pervade almost every aspect of life, if one knows what to look for.”  (Phoenix, 1 June 2015)“This volume will be of use to many scholars and teachers across a variety of fields . . . Overall, this is a useful volume with much to recommend it to anyone who needs a solid introduction to any aspect of sexuality in ancient Greece or Rome.”  (Religious Studies Review, 4 June 2015)“Companion to Greek and Roman Sexualitiesprovides a thought-provoking overview of an important subject area, it is a fascinating collection of chapters offering a tantalizing taste of a scholarship that is ripe for debate and will continue to encourage scholars to develop their research methods, bringing the cultures of Greece and Rome together for comparison and criticism and dissection and discussion.”  (Reference Reviews, 1 December 2014"Thanks to its wide scope, the collection of papers is guaranteed to appeal to beginners in the field of ancient sexuality as well as to specialists, who will find many details which are new to them. The Companion should also prove useful in teaching courses on issues of ancient sex and sexuality, since it assembles up-to-date, authoritative, well-written treatments of key aspects by noted experts. Its particular value lies in the diversity of the evidence presented and the breadth of the questions asked of the sources."  (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, September 2014)