Love in the Ancient World

Looks at how the ancient civilizations regarded sex & sexuality before hedonism was curtailed by organized religion, & before relations between the sexes were muddied by a prevailing sense of guilt. The imagery of erotic love permeated the ancient world. The book ranges around the Mediterranean basin in search of long-lost attitudes to love & lust, passion & desire. It finds them in European cave paintings & Egyptian cosmologies, Hebraic commandments & Latin codexes. It finds them also in the teachings of Plato & the histories of Plutarch, & weaves them together into a colorful & controversial reassessment of our ancestors' preoccupation with love & sex. Color photos.Norwich, John Julius is the author of 'Love in the Ancient World', published 2001 under ISBN 9780788199097 and ISBN 0788199099.