Title: Porneia : on desire and the body in antiquity /
Authors: Rousselle, Aline; Pheasant, Felicia,
Publisher: Basil Blackwell,
Year: 1988
Subjects: Sex customs Rome History.; Families Rome History.; Sexual ethics Rome History.; Fertility, Human Social aspects Rome History.; Chastity.; Celibacy Christianity History.; History, Ancient; Morals; Sexual Behavior history; Medicine, Greek and Roman.; History, Ancient.; Morals History.; History, Ancient.
Contents: The bodies of men -- The bodies of women -- The bodies of children -- On virginity and hysteria -- Adultery and illicit love -- Separation, divorce and prostitution -- Salvation by child sacrifice and castration -- Female virginity and male continence -- The strength of desire -- From abstinence to impotence -- From virginity to frigidity -- Conclusion.