Opening book details…
Can I read Rape in Antiquity : Sexual Violence in the Greek and Roman Worlds on EtoBox?
Rape in Antiquity : Sexual Violence in the Greek and Roman Worlds by Arafat, K. W.;Pierce, Karen F.;Deacy, Susan. is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Rape in Antiquity : Sexual Violence in the Greek and Roman Worlds about?
This collection of 12 original essays provides an overview of how Greeks and Romans perceived the phenomenon of rape. Using the numerous references to rape in Greek legal speeches, comedy, tragedy, visual art and myth, the authors assess the degree of seriousness with which rape was taken and who was seen as its main victims. They also consider whether the numerous Greek and Roman myths that involve rape reflect real-life behaviour and attitudes. Modern readers, used to a discourse which focuses
Who reads Rape in Antiquity : Sexual Violence in the Greek and Roman Worlds?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Arafat, K. W.;Pierce, Karen F.;Deacy, Susan.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales in association with Duckworth; Bristol Classical Press
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780715631478
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- True Crime, Literary Fiction, Social Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
More by Arafat, K. W.;Pierce, Karen F.;Deacy, Susan.
Browse all works by Arafat, K. W.;Pierce, Karen F.;Deacy, Susan.
Similar books
- Revisiting Rape in Antiquity : Sexualized Violence in Greek and Roman Worlds — Susan Deacy; José Malheiro Magalhães; Jean Zacharski Menzies (2023)
- Sexual Violence in Western Thought and Writing : Chaste Rape — Victor J. Vitanza (2011)
- The Securitization of Rape : Women, War and Sexual Violence — Sabine Hirschauer (2014)
- Mass and Elite in the Greek and Roman Worlds : From Sparta to Late Antiquity — Richard John Evans (2017)
- Literature in the Greek and Roman Worlds : a New Perspective — edited by Oliver Taplin (2000)
- Greek Literature in the Roman Period and in Late Antiquity — Gregory Nagy