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Porneia On Desire And The Body In Antiquit by Aline Rousselle

Family, Sexuality, and Social Relations in Past Times

Porneia On Desire And The Body In Antiquit

Aline Rousselle

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3 editions

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"Porneia" means fornication, unchastity, desire for another's body. Drawing on Roman and Greek works of science, medicine, gynaecology and law, and on Christian and pagan theology, the author discovers the intimate fears, passions, superstitions a...

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