Greek Homosexuality

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.

• 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)PrefaceAbbreviationsI PROBLEMS, SOURCES AND METHODS1 Scale2 The Visual Arts3 Literature4 VocabularyII THE PROSECUTION OF TIMARKHOSA The Law1 Male Prostitution2 Penalties3 Status4 HubrisB Manifestations of Eros1 Defences against a Charge of Prostitution2 Eros and Desire3 Eros and Love4 Following and Fighting5 Homosexual PoetryC Nature and Society1 Natura/Impulse2 Male and Female Physique3 Masculine and Feminine Styles4 Pursuit and Flight5 Courtship and Copulation6 Dominant and Subordinate RolesIII SPECIAL ASPECTS AND DEVELOPMENTSA PublicityB Predilections and FantasiesC Comic ExploitationD Philosophical ExploitationE Women and HomosexualityIV CHANGESA The DoriansB Myth and HistoryPostscript, 1989List of VasesBibliographyIndex of Greek Texts and DocumentsIndex of Greek WordsGeneral Index

An unprejudiced description of the homosexual phenomena depicted by classical Greek artists and writers has long been an urgent desideratum. Dover's book fills this need successfully. In its collection and interpretation of the ancient evidence it will be indispensable for broader and/or more specialized explorations of the sexual aspects of Greek art and society.