Games of Venus : an Anthology of Greek and Roman Erotic Verse from Sappho to Ovid.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Bing, Peter.
Imprint:	Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (297 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Erotic poetry, Greek -- Translations into English. Erotic poetry, Latin -- Translations into English. Sex customs -- Greece -- Poetry. Sex customs -- Rome -- Poetry. Erotic poetry, Greek. Erotic poetry, Latin. Sex customs. Greece. Rome (Empire) Electronic books. Poetry. Translations.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12013608

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Other authors / contributors:	Cohen, Rip.
ISBN:	9781136611162 1136611169 1136611169
Notes:	Print version record.
Summary:	Recent attacks on contemporary art have portrayed the erotic content of works by Robert Mapplethorpe and others as if it were a deviation from the Western artistic tradition. On the contrary, there is a rich tradition of eroticism in the arts beginning with the erotic verse of ancient Greek and Roman poets. Games of Venus, the first comprehensive anthology in English of ancient Greek and Roman erotic verse, revives this tradition for the modern reader. Games of Venus presents the whole spect.
Other form:	Print version: 9780415902618

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