Sexual Ambivalence: Androgyny and Hermaphroditism in Graeco-Roman Antiquity
Author:   Luc Brisson ,  Lady Janet Lloyd
Publisher:   University of California Press
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9780520223912


Pages:   209
Publication Date:   28 March 2002
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Sexual Ambivalence: Androgyny and Hermaphroditism in Graeco-Roman Antiquity


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Author:   Luc Brisson ,  Lady Janet Lloyd
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9780520223912


ISBN 10:   0520223918
Pages:   209
Publication Date:   28 March 2002
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD   Availability explained
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List of Illustrations Foreword Preface to the English Edition Introduction 1. Monsters An Ominous Prodigy An Error of Nature A Phenomenon 2. Dual Sexuality and Homosexuality The Myth of Hermaphroditus, as told by Ovid Masculinity and Femininity in Ancient Greece and Rome Homosexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome 3. Archetypes The Myth of Aristophanes in Plato's Symposium Orphism Gnosticism The Chaldean Oracles The Hermetic Corpus The Phoenix 4. Mediators The Myth of Tiresias A Brief Bestiary Associated with the Myth of Tiresias Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Luc Brisson is Researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research and is the author of many books on Greek philosophy and religion, including Plato the Myth Maker, translated, edited, and with an introduction by Gerard Naddaf (1999).

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