Classical culture and modern masculinity
By: Daniel Orrells
Series: Classical presences; Classical presences
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780199236442
Subjects: Sex customs; History
Description: For nineteenth-century thinkers in Germany and Britain, who looked to Greece as the acme of past civilization, the Greeks' enjoyment of pederasty presented a problem. Daniel Orrells's study explores the way in which this awkward issue was negotiated.
Notes: Includes bibliographic references and index.