James Davidson The Greeks and Greek Love ISBN 13: 9780753822265

The Greeks and Greek Love - Softcover

9780753822265: The Greeks and Greek Love
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 
James Davidson uses a wide variety of sources - court cases, romantic novels, satirical plays and poems - to present a view of the subject that stresses the humanity of the ancient Greeks, and how they lived their loves and pleasures, rather than their moral codes and the theorising of philosophers.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author:
JAMES DAVIDSON is Reader in Ancient History at the University of Warwick. He has written on a wide range of ancient topics, including the historiography of Roman imperialism, prostitution, drinking to get drunk, low-class mimes, sacred time and fish. He is the author of COURTESANS AND FISHCAKES: THE CONSUMING PASSIONS OF CLASSICAL ATHENS (1997), and is a irregular contributor to The London Review of Books among other journals.
Review:
poses a radical challenge to prominent assumptions about same-sex love in ancient Greece * OXONIAN REVIEW * Davidson's own scholarship is impressive, but worn lightly, and matched with an easy tone that makes The Greeks and Greek Love a lively, and often very funny, read * LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS *

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780297819974: The Greeks and Greek love: a radical reappraisal of homosexuality In Ancient Greece

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9780297819974
Publisher: Orion, 2007
Hardcover

9781842126769: The Greeks and Greek Love

Orion ..., 2007
Softcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Seller Image

Davidson, Professor of Economics James
ISBN 10: 0753822261 ISBN 13: 9780753822265
New Soft Cover Quantity: 10
Seller:
booksXpress
(Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.)

Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9780753822265

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 23.83
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Seller Image

James Davidson
Published by Orion Publishing Co, London (2008)
ISBN 10: 0753822261 ISBN 13: 9780753822265
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
Grand Eagle Retail
(Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Kenneth Dover's 1978 Greek Homosexuality remains the most recent single-volume treatment of the subject as a whole. Drawing on fifteen years of ensuing research, James Davidson rejects Dover's excessively theoretical approach, using a wide variety of sources unknown to him - court cases, romantic novels, satirical plays and poems - to present a view of the subject that, in contrast to Dover and to Foucault, stresses the humanity of the ancient Greeks and how they lived their loves and pleasures, rather than their moral codes and the theorising of philosophers.Homosexuality in Ancient Greece remains a central area of debate in the classics, in ancient history and lesbian and gay studies. Greek civilisation centrally underpins our own, providing a basis of so much of the west's culture and philosophy, yet the Greeks were more tolerant of homosexuality than virtually any other culture, certainly than the western civilisations that followed. The extent to which Greek attitudes to sexuality and in particular their privileging of 'Greek Love' were comparable and different to our own underlies the continuing debate over the formation of sexuality and the much wider question of the roles of nature and nurture in the formation of human behaviour and personality. A radical reappraisal of homosexuality in Ancient Greece, by a young historian described as 'the best thing to happen to ancient history for decades' (Andrew Roberts, MAIL ON SUNDAY) Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780753822265

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 27.19
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

James N. Davidson
Published by Orion 2008-12-11, London (2008)
ISBN 10: 0753822261 ISBN 13: 9780753822265
New paperback Quantity: 10
Seller:
Blackwell's
(Oxford, OX, United Kingdom)

Book Description paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG. Seller Inventory # 9780753822265

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 22.28
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 5.73
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

James Davidson
Published by Orion Publishing Co (2008)
ISBN 10: 0753822261 ISBN 13: 9780753822265
New Paperback / softback Quantity: 2
Seller:
THE SAINT BOOKSTORE
(Southport, United Kingdom)

Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. A radical reappraisal of homosexuality in Ancient Greece, by a young historian described as 'the best thing to happen to ancient history for decades' (Andrew Roberts, MAIL ON SUNDAY). Seller Inventory # B9780753822265

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 18.70
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 11.39
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

James Davidson
ISBN 10: 0753822261 ISBN 13: 9780753822265
New Softcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Books Puddle
(New York, NY, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 264332420

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 26.38
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.99
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

James Davidson
Published by Phoenix (2008)
ISBN 10: 0753822261 ISBN 13: 9780753822265
New Paperback Quantity: 5
Seller:
Monster Bookshop
(Fleckney, United Kingdom)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. BRAND NEW ** SUPER FAST SHIPPING FROM UK WAREHOUSE ** 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. Seller Inventory # 9780753822265-GDR

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 18.93
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 11.45
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

James Davidson
ISBN 10: 0753822261 ISBN 13: 9780753822265
New Softcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Majestic Books
(Hounslow, United Kingdom)

Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 3515483

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 23.92
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 8.28
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Davidson, Professor of Economics James
ISBN 10: 0753822261 ISBN 13: 9780753822265
New Softcover Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Brook Bookstore
(Milano, MI, Italy)

Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 064f7a3fa21a242b33f36590ecbf98c5

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 20.75
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 12.11
From Italy to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

James Davidson
Published by Orion Publishing Co (2008)
ISBN 10: 0753822261 ISBN 13: 9780753822265
New Softcover Quantity: > 20
Seller:

Book Description Condition: New. A radical reappraisal of homosexuality in Ancient Greece, by a young historian described as 'the best thing to happen to ancient history for decades' (Andrew Roberts, MAIL ON SUNDAY) Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HRKP; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 760. . 2008. New Ed. Paperback. . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780753822265

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 21.74
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 11.43
From Ireland to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

James Davidson
ISBN 10: 0753822261 ISBN 13: 9780753822265
New Softcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Front Cover Books
(Denver, CO, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover0753822261

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 29.02
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 4.30
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds

There are more copies of this book

View all search results for this book