Porneia: On Desire and the Body in Antiquity

by Aline Rousselle

Book Overview

Porneia means fornication, unchastity, desire for another's body. Drawing on Roman and Greek works of science, medicine, gynecology, and law and on Christian and pagan religious texts, Aline Rouselle... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631192085
• ISBN13: 9780631192084
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"