L'omosessualità nella Grecia antica

I remember buying this as an undergraduate at Oxford. Unfortunately, while I was on holiday in the long vac my mother found my copy and was so scandalised by it that she destroyed it! My expostulations that it was a work of serious academic rigour cut no ice with her. "It was a nasty dirty book" she Leggi tutto

I read this book and told my lover that we had to try intercrural sex right now, I couldn't wait. I got into character and murmured sweet nothings to him in Classical Greek, using my best imitation of a willing young ephebe's voice. I'm sorry to say that he freaked. Wuss.

Dover’s text is a seminal one on its subject and one that anyone who wants to study ancient sexual history must consult. However, it is now in its most recent edition over 30 years o,d and there is no doubt that the scholarship has moved on. This can be seen quite readily in his constant referral to Leggi tutto

A landmark study in ancient Greek sex and gender studies, with good reason. It's well-researched and informative, although some of Dover's footnotes are a little...awful. Take this one for instance about hubris and rape: I do not countenance the strange notion that women 'really want' to be raped... W Leggi tutto

Dover offers a pretty thorough survey of extant material (literature, vase paintings, inscriptions etc.) and makes some interesting analyses. This book remains an important introduction for anyone interested in homosexuality in the ancient Greek world.

Fairly detailed methodical description and analysis of homosexuality in Ancient Greece. Scholarly, detailed and academic but not beyond a lay person to read. Looks at the law, manifestatio of eros and nature and society. Good, if somewhay dry, read.

Read in order to support an essay argument. It was both informative and interesting in it offering links to other texts and interpretations. Dover breaks down arguments into simple terms with his commentary often being humorous making it an enjoyable read.

Absolutely fascinating, but I wouldn't really recommend it to anyone who doesn't know some Greek. Interesting insights as to whether Sappho was homosexual. I find myself marveling at several points that I now knew what the Greeks thought of as the ideal shape for a penis.