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Moore, Kenneth Royce, 1972-,

Sex and the second-best city : sex and society in the Laws of Plato / Kenneth Royce Moore. - 1 online resource (xvii, 314 pages) - Studies in classics . - Studies in classics (Routledge (Firm)) (Unnumbered) .

First published 2005 by Routledge.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-308) and index.

ch. I. Modern theory, ancient 'sexuality' -- chapter II. The Laws in context -- chapter III. Educating magnesia : developmental psychology and sex role stereotyping -- chapter IV. ANAPEIA : a special definition for magnesia -- chapter V. Sex, the myth of the family and Plato's stepchildren -- chapter VI. A brave new femininity -- chapter VII. Magnesian moral hygiene : same-sex relations, pleasure and madness -- chapter VIII. General conclusions.

ISBN: 9780203958629 9781135474447 9781135474515 9781135474584

Standard No.: 10.4324/9780203958629 doi

Subjects--Personal Names:
Plato. Laws.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sex--History--Greece--To 1500.
Sex role--History--Greece--To 1500.
Homosexuality--History--Greece--To 1500.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Greece--Social conditions--To 146 B.C.

LC Class. No.: HQ13 / .M66 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 306.7660938 / M825