A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Classical World

A thematic overview of how sexuality was perceived in the period from 800 BCE to 350 CE, covering homosexuality, heterosexuality, sexual variations, prostitution, medicine, religion, erotica and popular belief.

Mark Golden is Professor of Classics at the University of Winnipeg and author of Children and Childhood in Classical Athens; Sport and Society in Ancient Greece; Sport in the Ancient World from A to Z; and Greek Sport and Social Status.

Peter Toohey is Professor in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Calgary and is author of Reading Epic, Epic Lessons and Melancholy, Love and Time.