{"product_id":"2026200014792-secondhand-sexual-life-in-ancient-greece","title":"Sexual Life In Ancient Greece","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew civilisations have shaped the contours of human desire, identity, and social order quite as profoundly as ancient Greece, and Sexual Life in Ancient Greece by Hans Licht stands as one of the most comprehensive scholarly investigations into the erotic and intimate dimensions of that world. Drawing on a vast breadth of classical sources — from lyric poetry and dramatic literature to vase paintings and philosophical texts — Licht chronicles the full spectrum of sexual customs, practices, and attitudes that permeated Greek society, from the symposium culture of Athens to the sacred rites of Aphrodite. The work presents a rigorous and unflinching portrait of a civilisation that regarded the body, pleasure, and love as inseparable from its philosophical, religious, and political life.\n\nWritten under the pen name Hans Licht by the German classical scholar Paul Brandt, this landmark study argues that Greek sexuality cannot be understood in isolation from the broader cultural framework of antiquity, illuminating how concepts of beauty, virtue, and gender were intricately interwoven with erotic experience. The author's style is meticulous yet animated, blending academic authority with an evident passion for the classical world, making it as accessible to the general reader as it is indispensable to the scholar. For anyone seeking to understand the full humanity of the ancient Greeks — their passions as much as their philosophy — this remains an essential and revelatory text.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203159007451,"sku":"2026200014792-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/42917885-da6e-419a-8986-c0f4ba058936.png?v=1788144713","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014792-secondhand-sexual-life-in-ancient-greece","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}