Rape in antiquity
By: edited by Susan Deacy and Karen F. Pierce ; contributors, Karim W. Arafat, James A. Arieti, Lucy Byrne ... [et al.]
Contributors: Deacy, Susan; Pierce, Karen F
Publisher: Duckworth in association with The Classical Press of Wales; Classical Pr of Wales
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Sex customs -- Greece -- History; Sex customs -- Rome -- History
Description: How did the Greeks and Romans perceive rape? How seriously was it taken, and who were seen as its main victims? The leading classical scholars who have contributed to this volume look at the social and legal realities of rape in the ancient world, and also at the numerous myths of rape which themselves may reflect real behavior and attitudes. Modern readers, used to a discourse which focuses on the question of consent to sexual activity and treats an unwilling partner as a victim worthy of sympathy, may find in ancient attitudes much that is disturbing. "Rape in Antiquity" covers topics arranged under six main headings: Athenian legal discourse; Greek myth; Greek art; Greek and Roman drama; Greek and Roman historiography; and Byzantine and Western medieval worlds.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index

"This volume has its origins in "Violence and Power: an international symposium on rape in antiquity", held at the University of Wales College of Cardiff in November 1994"--P. vii
Table of contents: title: Rosanna Omitowoju; title: Rosanna Omitowoju -- Daniel Ogden; title: Rosanna Omitowoju -- Daniel Ogden -- Susan Deacy; title: Rosanna Omitowoju -- Daniel Ogden -- Susan Deacy -- J.E. Robson; title: Rosanna Omitowoju -- Daniel Ogden -- Susan Deacy -- J.E. Robson -- K.W. Arafat; title: Rosanna Omitowoju -- Daniel Ogden -- Susan Deacy -- J.E. Robson -- K.W. Arafat -- Martin Kilmer; title: Rosanna Omitowoju -- Daniel Ogden -- Susan Deacy -- J.E. Robson -- K.W. Arafat -- Martin Kilmer -- Lucy Byrne; title: Rosanna Omitowoju -- Daniel Ogden -- Susan Deacy -- J.E. Robson -- K.W. Arafat -- Martin Kilmer -- Lucy Byrne -- Karen F. Pierce; title: Rosanna Omitowoju -- Daniel Ogden -- Susan Deacy -- J.E. Robson -- K.W. Arafat -- Martin Kilmer -- Lucy Byrne -- Karen F. Pierce -- Thomas Harrison; title: Rosanna Omitowoju -- Daniel Ogden -- Susan Deacy -- J.E. Robson -- K.W. Arafat -- Martin Kilmer -- Lucy Byrne -- Karen F. Pierce -- Thomas Harrison -- James A. Arieti; title: Rosanna Omitowoju -- Daniel Ogden -- Susan Deacy -- J.E. Robson -- K.W. Arafat -- Martin Kilmer -- Lucy Byrne -- Karen F. Pierce -- Thomas Harrison -- James A. Arieti -- Keith Hopwood; title: Rosanna Omitowoju-- Daniel Ogden-- Susan Deacy-- J.E. Robson-- K.W. Arafat-- Martin Kilmer-- Lucy Byrne-- Karen F. Pierce-- Thomas Harrison-- James A. Arieti-- Keith Hopwood-- Corinne J. Saunders