Porneia On Desire And The Body In Antiquit by Aline Rousselle

Porneia On Desire And The Body In Antiquit

Family, Sexuality, and Social Relations in Past Times

Aline Rousselle

missing page info Add in missing page information • first pub 1983 (view editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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"Porneia" means fornication, unchastity, desire for another's body. Drawing on Roman and Greek works of science, medicine, gynaecology and law, and on Christian and pagan theology, the author discovers the intimate fears, passions, superstitions a...

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