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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.
Twelve articles, from a conference held in Cardiff in 1994, that look at rape in the ancient world in a variety of contexts including Athenian legal discourse, Greek art and myth, Greek and Roman drama and historiography. Contributions include: Rape, adultery and protection of b…