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- Week 1: Theories of Sexuality
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- Week 3: Female Homoeroticism and Male Sexual Deviance
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- Week 5: Late Greek and Roman Sexual Roles and Identities
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Category Archives: Week 5: Late Greek and Roman Sexual Roles and Identities
Same Fears New Name
Craig A. Williams uses his book Roman Sexuality, to explain the cultural nuances of Roman sexual, including same sex, desire. Throughout his analytical look at the cultural practices of the ancient Romans, one particular name seems to stick out, Cinadeus. … Continue reading
Iphis’ Mythical Life Story
In the Metamorphoses episode by Ovid, he tells a fable about Iphis, a girl who transformed to a boy a day before her wedding by a goddess. During that time, a relationship was normative for one person to be masculine … Continue reading
Roman categories vs Modern categories
Today’s society categories people as homosexual, bisexual, or homosexual. However, in Ancient Rome, citizens did not define people based on the gender of their partners. Instead, they divided the citizens into categories based on if they were penetrated or the … Continue reading
Lesbian Desire Compared to Pederasty
In Lucian’s Dialogues of the Courtesans, Leaena recounts her experience with two rich lesbian women. Megilla, or Megillus, and her wife Demonassa both express a desire for Leaena, who eventually lets them be physical with her. This interaction between the … Continue reading
Same Sex Desires: Romans vs Greeks
In “Roman Homosexuality”, by Craig A. Williams, Williams details homosexuality in Rome. In Rome there were men and the non-men, who were the penetrators and the penetrated, respectively. To them, sexuality was not defined as either homosexual, heterosexual or bisexual, … Continue reading
Transformation of Iphis
In Ovid’s episode about Iphis, he initially depicts the circumstances under which Iphis was brought up as a child. While she was born a girl, she was raised as a boy so that her father wouldn’t kill her due to … Continue reading
Sex as a Form of Gender Expression
In today’s society, sexual orientation is seen as a central part of everyone’s (especially non-straight person’s) identity. By contrast, the ancient Greeks and Romans viewed sexual preference as an expression of gender identity. Much evidence of this can be found … Continue reading
