Games of Venus : An Anthology of Greek and Roman Erotic Verse from Sappho to Ovid
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0415902614
ISBN-13
9780415902618
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 20th, 1993
Print length
294 Pages
Weight
452 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.40 x 2.00 cms
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An introduction acquainting the reader with ancient sexual mores in their social setting and a guide to reading ancient erotic verse. Brief sketches of each poet's life and times, as well as notes explaining references to myth, geography, and unfamiliar sexual and social customs are included.
Recent attacks on contemporary art have portrayed the erotic content of works by Robert Mapplethorpe and others as if it were a deviation from the Western artistic tradition. On the contrary, there is a rich tradition of eroticism in the arts beginning with the erotic verse of ancient Greek and Roman poets.
Games of Venus, the first comprehensive anthology in English of ancient Greek and Roman erotic verse, revives this tradition for the modern reader.
Games of Venus presents the whole spectrum of erotic poetry from Sappho to Ovid in translations which evoke the full range of styles and tones present in the original Greek and Latin.
Brief biographical sketches accompany the work of each poet as do notes referring to the myths, geography, historical events, personages, and sexual and social customs mentioned in the verse.
Games of Venus, the first comprehensive anthology in English of ancient Greek and Roman erotic verse, revives this tradition for the modern reader.
Games of Venus presents the whole spectrum of erotic poetry from Sappho to Ovid in translations which evoke the full range of styles and tones present in the original Greek and Latin.
Brief biographical sketches accompany the work of each poet as do notes referring to the myths, geography, historical events, personages, and sexual and social customs mentioned in the verse.
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