- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Classical Press of Wales (23 Jan 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0715627546
- ISBN-13: 978-0715627549
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,739,921 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This collection of 12 original essays provides an overview of how Greeks and Romans perceived the phenomenon of rape. Using the numerous references to rape in Greek legal speeches, comedy, tragedy, visual art and myth, the authors assess the degree of seriousness with which rape was taken and who was seen as its main victims. They also consider whether the numerous Greek and Roman myths that involve rape reflect real-life behaviour and attitudes. Modern readers, used to a discourse which focuses on the question of woman's (or man's) consent to sexual activity, and which treats an unwilling partner as a sympathetic victim, may find in ancient attitudes much that is disturbing. The book should be of interest to students of women's history, ancient history and classical myth. The contributors are: Karim Arafat, James Arieti, Lucy Byrne, Susan Deacy, Thomas Harrison, Keith Hopwood, Martin Kilmer, Daniel Ogden, Rosanna Omitowoju, Karen F. Pierce, James Robson and Corinne Saunders.
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A very interesting and though-provoking collection of essays. It covers myth, art, drama, philosophy as well as legal discourse. Although no collection of this type could ever hope to be the definitive guide to such a wide-ranging topic this book provides an excellent starting point with, on the whole well-researched and insightful articles. I found the notes and bibliographies most useful.
This is an excellent survey of philosophical, legal, historical and literary views of rape in the ancient world, by authors from a wide variety of specialisms. I look forward to the forthcoming paperback edition, making this questioning of contemporary views of rape - was there such a concept? - by the ancients, and relating them to the present day, more readily accessible.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
beauty and the beast
8 Feb 2002
A very interesting and though-provoking collection of essays. It covers myth, art, drama, philosophy as well as legal discourse. Although no collection of this type could ever hope to be the definitive guide to such a wide-ranging topic this book provides an excellent starting point with, on the whole well-researched and insightful articles. I found the notes and bibliographies most useful.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A quarter of them are good.
13 July 2000
A collection of any type of writing is always a risking purchase. It is unlikely that all the essays will be of the same quality or hold the same interest for the reader. However, a scholarly collection should have a high standard to begin with and thus I was disappointed by "Rape in Antiquity". Out of 12 articles, I can only strongly recommend three by Rosanna Omitowoju, Daniel Ogdenm, and Karen F. Pierce. All the others lack sufficient evidence to prove their theses, do not write well-enough to explain their opinions, or seem to be reading sources that are quite different from what I've read. Note that two of the twelve essays are really about the medieval world, not antiquity, and that two of the articles are about Roman ideas leaving the bulk, eight, concerning Greece, especially Athens in the classical period.
Gender or Classics?
31 Jan 2002
This is a valuable collection, from scholars from a wide range of specialisms, of literary, historical, philosophical and legal interpretations of the concept of rape in antiquity - whether there was one and how it influenced medieval and later thought. It will be a even more useful introduction, to a topic of growing relevance to today, if, as I hear, it is soon to be re-issued in paperback.
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