Rape in Antiquity

This collection of 12 original essays provides an overview of how Greeks and Romans perceived the phenomenon of rape. Using the numerous references to rape in Greek legal speeches, comedy, tragedy, visual art and myth, the authors assess the degree of seriousness with which rape was taken and who was seen as its main victims. They also consider whether the numerous Greek and Roman myths that involve rape reflect real-life behaviour and attitudes. Modern readers, used to a discourse which focuses on the question of woman's (or man's) consent to sexual activity, and which treats an unwilling partner as a sympathetic victim, may find in ancient attitudes much that is disturbing. The book should be of interest to students of women's history, ancient history and classical myth. The contributors are: Karim Arafat, James Arieti, Lucy Byrne, Susan Deacy, Thomas Harrison, Keith Hopwood, Martin Kilmer, Daniel Ogden, Rosanna Omitowoju, Karen F. Pierce, James Robson and Corinne Saunders

Ancient history · Late Antiquity · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Studies and Philology · Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies · History · Crimes sexuels · Greece · Rape · Rape in art · Rape in literature · Rome · Social life and customs · Viol · Viol dans l'art · Viol dans la littérature

• Effeminacy in the Shadow of Empire

  Jason Von Ehrenkrook•The Jewish Quarterly Review•2011

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• A History of the Jewish War

  Open Access•Steve Mason•History of the Jewish War•2016

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• Greek Epigram and Byzantine Culture

  Steven Douglas Smith, Steven D Smith-undifferentiated•Greek Epigram and Byzantine Culture•2019

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• Warfare and the state

  Open Access•A D Lee•The Cambridge History of Greek…•1920

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• International relations

  Open Access•Harry Sidebottom•The Cambridge History of Greek…•1920

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• Warfare and the state

  Open Access•Dominic Rathbone, Richard Alston•The Cambridge History of Greek…•1920

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• War

  Open Access•Adrián Goldsworthy•The Cambridge History of Greek…•1920

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• Military forces

  Open Access•Hugh Elton•The Cambridge History of Greek…•1920

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• International relations

  Open Access•Murray Humphries, Mark Humphries•The Cambridge History of Greek…•1920

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• War

  Open Access•Michael Whitby•The Cambridge History of Greek…•1920

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• Battle

  Open Access•Catherine M Gilliver•The Cambridge History of Greek…•1920

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• War and Society

  Open Access•Colin Adams•The Cambridge History of Greek…•1920

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• War and Society

  Open Access•A T Fear, Andrew Fear•The Cambridge History of Greek…•1920

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• Sex in Athens in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries bce

  Open Access•James Robson•Cambridge World History of…•2024

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• Battle

  Open Access•Philip Rance•The Cambridge History of Greek…•1920

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• Sexual Violation in Islamic Law

  Open Access•Hina Azam•Sexual Violation in Islamic Law•2015

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• Mellom barken og huden

  Open Access•Hege Dypedokk Johnsen•Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning•2020

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• The Myth of Sacred Prostitution in Antiquity

  Open Access•Stephanie Lynn Budin•Myth of Sacred Prostitution in…•2008

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• The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare

  Open Access•Philip A G Sabin, Philip Sabin et al.•The Cambridge History of Greek…•1920

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• Féminisme et vulnérabilité

  Sandra Boehringer, Estelle Ferrarese•Cahiers du Genre•2015

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• Pausanias’ Careful Language of Sexual Violence

  Open Access•Jody Ellyn Cundy•Mnemosyne•2020

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• Weinstein, sexual predation, and ‘Rape Culture’

  Michael A Peters, Tina Besley•Educational Philosophy and Theory•2018

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• L'état présent de la démograhie historique antique

  Jean-Noël Corvisier•Annales de Démographie Historique•2001

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• Reading intimate partner violence in Latin controversiae

  Open Access•Kirsten Parkin•Bulletin of the Institute of…•2023

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• Predatory” Goddesses

  Mary R Lefkowitz•Hesperia The Journal of the…•2002

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• Refractions of Homer's Helen in Archaic Lyric

  Ruby Blondell•The American Journal of Philology•2010

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• Ventriloquizing Rape in Menander’s Epitrepontes

  Hunter H Gardner•Helios•2013

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• The Eyes Have It

  Margaret M Toscano•Arethusa•2013

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• Priapus's Two Rapes in Ovid's Fasti

  Thomas D Frazel•Arethusa•2003

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• The Baby as Hero? The Role of the Infant in Menander

  Open Access•Angela M Heap•Bulletin of the Institute of…•2003

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• Aristophanes on Bawds in the Boardroom

  Martine De Marre•Social Identities•2001

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