Greek virginity
By: Giulia Sissa ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer.
Series: Revealing antiquity ;; 3
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Women -- Greece; Virginity -- Greece; Body, Human -- Mythology -- Greece
Description: Explores ancient sexuality, focusing on symbolism as well as on beliefs, and explores the concept of the female body in Greece before the impact of Christianity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-234).
Translation of: Le corps virginal.
Includes index.