Power and eroticism in Imperial Rome /
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| Author / Creator: | Vout, Caroline. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007. |
| Description: | xiv, 285 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6281608 |
Table of Contents:
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- 1. The erotics of imperium
- Anecdotal history
- The main storyline
- The priapic paradigm
- One touch of Venus
- 2. Romancing the stone: the story of Hadrian and Antinous
- Approaching Antinous: the efficacy of the image
- The sculpture: 'Schlagt die Augen nieder; hier ist Antinoos!'
- Antinous and Roman religion: 'This is the god of imperial Rome!'
- 3. Compromising traditions: the case of Nero and Sporus
- 'Greek love' made Roman
- Prelude: making sense of Maximus
- Male-male desire as marriage
- Sporus and Poppaea
- 4. A match made in heaven: Earinus and the emperor
- Adopting an approach: the historicity of text and the textuality of history
- Springtime for Caesar: Martial's epigrams about Earinus
- Cutting to the chase: the impact of Earinus in Statius' Silvae 3.4
- 5. Mistress as metaphor: a dialogue with Panthea
- 'This was more than a woman: this was a masterpiece'
- What's in a name? Lucian's Cyropaedia
- Fractured identities
- Locating Lucian
- Gluing things back together
- 6. And so to bed...
- References
- Index
- Index of principal passages
