Brill's companion to episodes of 'heroic' rape/abduction in classical antiquity and their reception

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    • Lauriola, Rosanna

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Brill's companion to episodes of 'heroic' rape/abduction in classical antiquity and their reception

by Rosanna Lauriola

(Brill's companions to classical reception, v. 25)

Brill, c2022

  • : hardback

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Brill's companion to episodes of "heroic" rape/abduction in classical antiquity and their reception

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-343) and indexes

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Description

Sexual violence is one of the oldest and most difficult problems of humankind. Many of the "love stories" in Classical Greek and Roman Myth are tales of rape, a fact that is often casually glossed over in both popular and scholarly treatments of these narratives. Through a careful selection of stories, this book provides a deep exploration of rape in Classical Myth as well as in the works of art and literature that have responded to it through the millennia. The volume offers an essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand sexual violence from different perspectives and through an interdisciplinary approach, which includes Trauma Theory and Evolutionary Psychology.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments List of Figures 1 Introduction 1 Why Rape? A Prefatory Note 2 Rape/Abduction: What's in a Name? 3 Patriarchy and 'Rape Culture': The Pervasiveness and the Overlooking of Rape in Classical Antiquity 4 The Perspectives, Objectives, and Methodology of This Study: For an Operational Definition of Rape 5 Mapping Out This Study 2 Episodes of 'Heroic' Rape/Abduction in Classical Antiquity and Their Reception 1 Zeus, the "Master Rapist": A Selection of His 'Many Rapes' 3 Conclusion Bibliography Index Locorum Index of Modern Authors Index of Works of Art Index of Subjects

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