Porneia : on desire and the body in antiquity / Aline Rousselle ; translated by Felicia Pheasant.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: French New York : Barnes & Noble Books, 1996©1988 Description: x, 213 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0760702128 (hardback)Uniform titles: Porneia. English. Subject(s): Sex customs -- Rome -- History | Family -- Rome -- History | Sexual ethics -- Rome -- History | Fertility, Human -- Social aspects -- Rome -- History | Chastity | Celibacy -- Christianity -- HistoryLOC classification: HQ13 .R6813 1996Summary: 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 religious texts, Aline Rousselle discovers the intimate fears, passions, superstitions and ambitions of the people of the Mediterranean world during the first four centuries AD. The first part of the book describes Roman notions of male and female sexuality, including the extraordinary rituals of orgy, castration and sacrifice associated with ancient rites of fertility and spirituality. The second part is concerned with the impact of Christian ideas upon a settled pagan tradition. Abstinence, once associated with the enhancement of fertility, becomes the key to salvation.
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Translation of: Porneia.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-211) and index.
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 religious texts, Aline Rousselle discovers the intimate fears, passions, superstitions and ambitions of the people of the Mediterranean world during the first four centuries AD. The first part of the book describes Roman notions of male and female sexuality, including the extraordinary rituals of orgy, castration and sacrifice associated with ancient rites of fertility and spirituality. The second part is concerned with the impact of Christian ideas upon a settled pagan tradition. Abstinence, once associated with the enhancement of fertility, becomes the key to salvation.