Sexual Morality in Ancient Rome

Rebecca (Lecturer in Classics, University of Exeter) Langlands

Cambridge University Press, 2006

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The untranslatable concept of pudicitia (broadly meaning 'sexual virtue') is crucial to understanding Roman sexuality. Close reading of Latin literary texts reveals that, ever controversial and unsettled, it formed the heart of several key Roman debates, such as that concerning the difference between men and women.

ISBN-13
9780521859431
ISBN-10
0521859433
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2006
Publication date
2006-05-25
Pages
408
Dimensions
232x161x32
Weight
742