Rape in antiquity

by Arafat, K. W., (Karim W.) Deacy, Susan Pierce, Karen F.

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This is a collection of 12 original essays providing an overview of how Greeks and Romans perceived the phenomenon of rape. Modern readers may find ancient attitudes disturbing.

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Title Statements

Full title :Rape in antiquity / edited by Susan Deacy and Karen F. Pierce ; contributors, Karim W. Arafat [and others].

Summary

This is a collection of 12 original essays providing an overview of how Greeks and Romans perceived the phenomenon of rape. Modern readers may find ancient attitudes disturbing.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2002.
Edition:Paperback ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Classical Press of Wales in association with Duckworth
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2002.

Notes

Originally published: London : The Classical Press of Wales in association with Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., 1997. With new pref.

The Physical Object

Description:xiv, 274 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0715631470, 9780715631478
oclc:ocm48570526
LC Classification:HV6569.G8
Dewey Decimal:364.15320938

Subjects

Byzantine Empire Crimes sexuels -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 5… Greece Greece -- Social life and customs History Rape Rape -- Byzantine Empire Rape -- History -- To 1500 Rape -- History -- To 1500. -- Greece Rape / Rome Rape in art Rape in literature Rome -- Social life and customs Rome (Empire) Sex crimes Sex crimes -- History -- To 1500 To 1500 Viol -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 500 Viol dans l'art Viol dans la littérature