Games of Venus: Anthology of Greek and Roman Erotic Verse from Sappho to Ovid (The New Ancient World) (Paperback)(English / Latin)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for Games of Venus An introduction acquainting the reader with ancient sexual mores in their social setting and a guide to reading ancient erotic verse. Brief sketches of each poet's life and times, as well as notes explaining references to myth, geography, and unfamiliar sexual and social customs are included.
Full description- Publisher: ROUTLEDGE
- Published: 02 March 1995
- Format: Paperback 294 pages
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- Categories: Poetry By Individual Poets | Poetry Anthologies (various Poets) | Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval | Literary Studies: Poetry & Poets | Ancient History: To C 500 CE
- ISBN 13: 9780415902618 ISBN 10: 0415902614
- Sales rank: 1,069,498
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Full description for Games of Venus
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 spectrum of erotic poetry from Sappho to Ovid in translations which evoke the full range of styles and tones present in the original Greek and Latin. Brief biographical sketches accompany the work of each poet as do notes referring to the myths, geography, historical events, personages, and sexual and social customs mentioned in the verse.
