Mark Golden is Professor of Classics at the University of Winnipeg and author of Children and Childhood in Classical Athens; Sport and Society in Ancient Greece; Sport in the Ancient World from A to Z; and Greek Sport and Social Status.Peter Toohey is Professor in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Calgary and is author of Reading Epic, Epic Lessons and Melancholy, Love and Time.

• 1 Introduction 1Mark Golden (University of Winnipeg, Canada) and Peter Toohey (University of Calgary, Canada)2 Heterosexuality Susan Lape (University of Southern California, USA)3 Homosexuality Daniel Ogden (University of Exeter, UK)4 Sexual Variations: Sexual Peculiarities of the Ancient Greeks and Romans John Younger (University of Kansas, USA)5 Sex, Religion, and the Law Esther Eidinow (Newman University College, Birmingham, UK)6 Sex, Medicine, and Disease Helen King (University of Reading, UK)7 Sex, Popular Beliefs, and Culture Holt Parker (University of Cincinnati, USA)8 Prostitution Allison Glazebrook (Brock University, Canada)9 Erotica: Visual Representation of Greek and Roman Sexual Culture John R. Clarke (University of Texas, USA)Notes Bibliography Contributors Index of Ancient Sources Subject Index

BOTTOM LINE Upper-division undergraduate and graduate students will find this overview of the progression of thought about sexuality in the Western world helpful in their studies of social history, cultural history, and gender.

Mark Golden is Professor of Classics at the University of Winnipeg and author of Children and Childhood in Classical Athens; Sport and Society in Ancient Greece; Sport in the Ancient World from A to Z; and Greek Sport and Social Status.Peter Toohey is Professor in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Calgary and is author of Reading Epic, Epic Lessons and Melancholy, Love and Time.

• 1 Introduction 1Mark Golden (University of Winnipeg, Canada) and Peter Toohey (University of Calgary, Canada)2 Heterosexuality Susan Lape (University of Southern California, USA)3 Homosexuality Daniel Ogden (University of Exeter, UK)4 Sexual Variations: Sexual Peculiarities of the Ancient Greeks and Romans John Younger (University of Kansas, USA)5 Sex, Religion, and the Law Esther Eidinow (Newman University College, Birmingham, UK)6 Sex, Medicine, and Disease Helen King (University of Reading, UK)7 Sex, Popular Beliefs, and Culture Holt Parker (University of Cincinnati, USA)8 Prostitution Allison Glazebrook (Brock University, Canada)9 Erotica: Visual Representation of Greek and Roman Sexual Culture John R. Clarke (University of Texas, USA)Notes Bibliography Contributors Index of Ancient Sources Subject Index

BOTTOM LINE Upper-division undergraduate and graduate students will find this overview of the progression of thought about sexuality in the Western world helpful in their studies of social history, cultural history, and gender.

Mark Golden is Professor of Classics at the University of Winnipeg and author of Children and Childhood in Classical Athens; Sport and Society in Ancient Greece; Sport in the Ancient World from A to Z; and Greek Sport and Social Status.Peter Toohey is Professor in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Calgary and is author of Reading Epic, Epic Lessons and Melancholy, Love and Time.

• 1 Introduction 1Mark Golden (University of Winnipeg, Canada) and Peter Toohey (University of Calgary, Canada)2 Heterosexuality Susan Lape (University of Southern California, USA)3 Homosexuality Daniel Ogden (University of Exeter, UK)4 Sexual Variations: Sexual Peculiarities of the Ancient Greeks and Romans John Younger (University of Kansas, USA)5 Sex, Religion, and the Law Esther Eidinow (Newman University College, Birmingham, UK)6 Sex, Medicine, and Disease Helen King (University of Reading, UK)7 Sex, Popular Beliefs, and Culture Holt Parker (University of Cincinnati, USA)8 Prostitution Allison Glazebrook (Brock University, Canada)9 Erotica: Visual Representation of Greek and Roman Sexual Culture John R. Clarke (University of Texas, USA)Notes Bibliography Contributors Index of Ancient Sources Subject Index

BOTTOM LINE Upper-division undergraduate and graduate students will find this overview of the progression of thought about sexuality in the Western world helpful in their studies of social history, cultural history, and gender.