Rape in Antiquity - Sexual Violence in the Greek and Roman Worlds

Susan Deacy

Duckworth Publishers

2002

288 páginas

9h 36m

ISBN-13: 9780715631478

The first overall study of the subject of rape in the ancient world now available in paperback. How did the Greeks and Romans perceive rape? How seriously was it taken, and who were seen as its main victims? The leading classical scholars who have contributed to this volume look at social and legal realities of rape in the ancient world, and also at the numerous myths of rape which themselves may reflect real behavior and attitudes. Modern readers, used to a discourse which focuses on the question of consent to sexual activity and treats an unwilling partner as a victim worthy of sympathy, may find much that is disturbing in ancient attitudes. "Rape in Antiquity" covers topics ranged under six main headings: Athenian legal discourse; Greek myth; Greek art; Greek and Roman drama; Greek and Roman historiography; and Byzantine and Western medieval worlds. This new paperback edition includes an updated Preface and Bibliography.