Sex on Show: Seeing the Erotic in Greece and Rome (Inbunden)
avCaroline Vout
ISBN: 9780520280205 - UTGIVEN: 2013-11The ancient Greeks and Romans were not shy about sex. Phallic imagery, sex scenes, and the lively activities of their promiscuous gods adorned many objects, buildings, and sculptures. Drinking cups, oil-lamps, and walls were decorated with scenes of seduction; statues of erect penises served as boun[...]
Power and Eroticism in Imperial Rome (Pocket)
avCaroline Vout
ISBN: 9780521123600 - UTGIVEN: 2009-11The relationships between Roman emperors and their objects of desire, male and female, are well attested. The salacious nature of this evidence means that it is often omitted from mainstream historical inquiry. Yet that is to underestimate the importance of 'gossip' and the act of thinking about an [...]
Sex on Show (Inbunden)
avCaroline Vout
ISBN: 9780714122786 - UTGIVEN: 2013-10The Greeks and Romans were not shy about sex. Drinking cups, oil-lamps and walls were decorated with scenes of seduction and sexual intercourse which make the modern viewer blush; models of penises were worn around the neck or hung from doorways. In classical Greece, statues of erect penises served [...]
The Hills Of Rome (Inbunden)
avCaroline Vout
ISBN: 9781107025974 - UTGIVEN: 2012-09-13Explores the cliche of 'the city of seven hills' and how, since antiquity, it has shaped experience of the city.[...]
The Hills Of Rome (Pocket)
avCaroline Vout
ISBN: 9781107678712 - UTGIVEN: 2013-07-28Explores the cliche of 'the city of seven hills' and how, since antiquity, it has shaped experience of the city.[...]
