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This document discusses ancient Greek and Roman notions of sexuality and genre in art and literature, and how they differ from modern Western ideas, particularly the notion of pornography. Specifically, it notes that for the ancients: 1) Genre was determined first by form (meter, style, etc.) and only secondarily by content. Sexual or obscene material alone did not define a genre. 2) There was no overarching concept of "pornography" as there is today, defined by sexual content and intent to arouse. 3)

Author

Velveret

Language

EN