Recent attacks on contemporary art have portrayed the erotic content of works by Robert Mapplethorpe and others as if it were a deviation from the Western artistic tradition. On the contrary, there is a rich tradition of eroticism in the arts beginning with the erotic verse of ancient Greek and Roman poets. Games of Venus, the first comprehensive anthology in English of ancient Greek and Roman erotic verse, revives this tradition for the modern reader. Itpresents the whole spectrum of erotic poetry from Sappho to Ovid in ...
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Recent attacks on contemporary art have portrayed the erotic content of works by Robert Mapplethorpe and others as if it were a deviation from the Western artistic tradition. On the contrary, there is a rich tradition of eroticism in the arts beginning with the erotic verse of ancient Greek and Roman poets. Games of Venus, the first comprehensive anthology in English of ancient Greek and Roman erotic verse, revives this tradition for the modern reader. Itpresents the whole spectrum of erotic poetry from Sappho to Ovid in translations which evoke the full range of styles and tones present in the original Greek and Latin. Brief biographical sketches accompany the work of each poet as do notes referring to the myths, geography, historical events, personages, and sexual and social customs mentioned in the verse.
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Add this copy of Games of Venus (New Ancient World) to cart. $10.14, good condition, Sold by Seattle Goodwill rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Seattle, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Routledge.
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Add this copy of Games of Venus an Anthology of Greek and Roman Erotic to cart. $24.00, very good condition, Sold by Ancient World Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Toronto, ON, CANADA, published 1993 by Routledge.
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Very Good. 0415902614. Some wear and lower corners a bit creased. Some minor pencilling.; presents the whole spectrum of erotic poetry from Sappho to Ovid in translations which evoke the full range of styles and tones present in the original Greek and Latin.; The New Ancient World; 279 pages.
Add this copy of Games of Venus an Anthology of Greek and Roman Erotic to cart. $24.00, good condition, Sold by Ancient World Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Toronto, ON, CANADA, published 1993 by Routledge.
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Very Good- 0415902614. Some wear and corners a bit creased. Scholar's name to half-title (Robert Brown). Some pencilling.; presents the whole spectrum of erotic poetry from Sappho to Ovid in translations which evoke the full range of styles and tones present in the original Greek and Latin.; The New Ancient World; 279 pages.
Add this copy of Games of Venus: an Anthology of Greek and Roman Erotic to cart. $27.00, very good condition, Sold by Kubik Fine Books Ltd rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dayton, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Routledge.
Add this copy of Games of Venus: an Anthology of Greek and Roman Erotic to cart. $36.00, very good condition, Sold by Common Crow Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pittsburgh, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Routledge.
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Near Fine. Inscribed on the half-title by Peter Bing. First edition, 1991. Softcover, 279 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy, a bit of rubbing to the covers.
