Greek homosexuality /

Hailed as magisterial when it first appeared, Greek Homosexuality remains an academic milestone and continues to be of major importance for students and scholars of gender studies. Kenneth Dover explores the understanding of homosexuality in ancient Greece, examining a vast array of material and tex...

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Main Author: Dover, K. J. (Kenneth James), 1920-2010 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016
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Summary:Hailed as magisterial when it first appeared, Greek Homosexuality remains an academic milestone and continues to be of major importance for students and scholars of gender studies. Kenneth Dover explores the understanding of homosexuality in ancient Greece, examining a vast array of material and textual evidence that leads him to provocative conclusions. This new release of the 1989 second edition, for which Dover wrote an epilogue reflecting on the impact of his book, includes two specially commissioned forewords assessing the author's legacy and the place of his text within modern studies of gender in the ancient world
Item Description:Previously published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1989. 2nd edition. Updated with new forewords and postscript.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxii, 246 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781474257183
1474257186
9781474257176
1474257178
9781474257169
147425716X
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 14, 2023).