Table of Contents

Introduction
1: Roman Traditions: Slaves, Prostitutes, and Wives
2: Greece and Rome
3: The Concept of Stuprum
4: Effeminacy and Masculinity
5: Sexual Roles and Identities
Conclusions

Reviews

A landmark work of scholarship and should prove accessible to scholars of all disciplines American Historical Review Williams presents a wealth of material that will intrigue the contemporary reader with its strangeness American Historical Review Extraordinary clarity and persuasiveness ... this book may do more for the understanding of classical sexuality than any since Kenneth Dover's Greek Homosexuality of twenty years ago W. V. Harris, Times Literary Supplement