Abstract
THE late Dr. Licht's study of the sexual life of the Greeks of antiquity is a marvel of erudition. He ransacked Greek literature from end to end—from Homer to the latest writers in the Greek tradition of the beginning of the Middle Ages—and there is no side of eroticism to which any reference is made that he did not bring under review. The attitude of the Greeks towards the human body, their clothing, their marriages, the place of sex in festivals and games, in the theatre, and in religion are demonstrated by reference to, or quotation from, their own statements while sexual activities in the relations between men and women, prostitution, homosexuality, and a variety of other matters pertaining to sex are described in detail on the basis of material from the same source.
Sexual Life in Ancient Greece.
By Hans Licht. Translated by J. H. Freese. Edited by L. H. Dawson. Pp. xv + 557 + 32 plates. (London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., 1932.) 42s.net.
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Sexual Life in Ancient Greece . Nature 130, 262 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130262b0
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