Love among the Ruins
Subtitle: The Erotics of Democracy in Classical Athens
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: November 25, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780691095226
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; History of specific subjects; Political science & theory; Psychological aspects; History; Democracy; Sex role; Politics / Current Events; History: World; Ancient Greece; History & Theory - General; Ancient - Greece; Gender Studies; Classics; History / Ancient / General; Political Philosophy; Political Science and International Relations; Canada - General; Sex; Athens; Greece; Political aspects
First sentence: IN THE FUNERAL oration ascribed to him by Thucydides, Pericles urges the people to become lovers of the city (2.43.1).