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The debt of Ancient Greece to our own society has long been recognised. However, there is another side to the culture that bequeathed us such gifts as democracy, medicine, art and sports, one that does not glitter so much. Sex and Sexuality in Ancient Greece plunges headfirst into a society that holds very different values to our own, an alien world whose top God committed adultery whilst in the guise of a swan, where Spartan brides were dressed up as boys to consummate their marriage, doctors believed women were inside out men with wandering wombs that attacked their internal organs and Olympic athletes fought literally to the death for the chance to win a crown made of leaves. It's time to ask the hard questions: were women really so devalued that they were locked up in their homes, was every man in ancient Athens homosexual and what's with all the hardcore pornography on everyday crockery? Sex and Sexuality in Ancient Greece seeks to answer these questions and many others, whilst trying not to flinch as it explores a topic that is both provoking and fascinating. You will never look at Ancient Greece in the same way again. AUTHOR: L.J. Trafford studied Ancient History at the University of Reading and is the author of 'The Four Emperors' series. The series comprises four books – Palatine, Galba's Men, Otho's Regret and Vitellius' Feast – which cover the dramatic fall of Nero and the chaotic year of the four emperors that followed. Palatine, published in 2015, received an Editor's Choice Mark from the Historical Novel Society. She has also written three previous non-fiction books for Pen and Sword; How to Survive in Ancient Rome, Sex and Sexuality in Ancient Rome and Ancient Rome's Worst Emperors. 50 b/w illustrations

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L.J. Trafford studied Ancient History at the University of Reading and is the author of ‘The Four Emperors’ series. The series comprises four books – Palatine, Galba’s Men, Otho’s Regret and Vitellius’ Feast – which cover the dramatic fall of Nero and the chaotic year of the four emperors that followed. Palatine, published in 2015, received an Editor’s Choice Mark from the Historical Novel Society. She has also written three previous non-fiction books for Pen and Sword; How to Survive in Ancient Rome, Sex and Sexuality in Ancient Rome and Ancient Rome’s Worst Emperors.

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