Homosexuality (homoeroticism), female

“Homosexuality” is a modern medical category that is unsuited for the ancient Mediterranean world, whereas “homoeroticism,” while also contemporary, is more neutral. Sources from Archaic Greece through to Late Antique Egypt in Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Coptic, and Arabic attest to female homoerotic desire and to erotic contact between women and possibly between women and persons with ambiguous genitalia. Whereas such desire and contact were celebrated in Archaic Greece, by the time of the Roman Empire and into Late Antiquity, they were largely vilified, frequently defined as “contrary to nature.”

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  Ellen Greene, Shelley P Haley et al.•Among Women•2002

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• A Companion to Greek and Roman Sexualities

  Open Access•Thomas K Hubbard•Companion to Greek and Roman…•2013

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• L’Homosexualité féminine dans l’Antiquité grecque et romaine

  Open Access•Sandra Boehringer•Female Homosexuality in Ancient…•2007

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