A Great and Mighty Walk, Part 6 – Dr. John Henrik Clarke
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Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity $9.95 “The first general treatment of women in the ancient world to reflect the critical insights of modern feminism. Though much debated, its position as the basic textbook on women’s history in Greece and Rome has hardly been challenged.”–Mary Beard, Times Literary Supplement. Illustrations…. |
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The Persian Boy $8.20 “It takes skill to depict, as Miss Renault has done, this half-man, half Courtesan who is so deeply in love with the warrior.”–The Atlantic MonthlyThe Persian Boy traces the last years of Alexander’s life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas. Abducted and gelded as a boy, Bagoas was sold as a courtesan to King Darius of Persia, but found freedom with Alexander after the Macedon army conqu… |
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Roman Sex: 100 B.C. to A.D. 250 $35.00 Picture a world where good sex is a blessing of the gods, not a cause for guilt, and where acts often considered immoral, even illegal by our standards are instead celebrated. Such a world is no futurist’s fantasy but rather the reality of ancient Rome, 100 BC to 250 AD. In “Roman Sex”, an illustrated, contextual study of the erotic art of that era, historian John R. Clarke exposes paintings, scul… |