Mary Renault: The King Must Die

USA 1988, 388 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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In myth, Theseus was the slayer of the man-devouring Minotaur in Crete. What the founder-hero might have been in real life is another question, brilliantly explored in »The King Must Die«. Drawing on modern scholarship and archaeological findings at Knossos, Mary Renault's Theseus is an utterly lifelike figure - a king of immense charisma, whose boundless strivings flow from strength ... Weiterlesen

John Boswell: Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe

USA 1994, 412 pp. illustrated, brochure, € 29.95
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Boswell has taken great care to assemble, transcribe, translate and interpret a persuasive array of texts describing same-sex relationships in the ancient world. It is a testimony to the fairness of the book that he confronts the opposing arguments clearly. At a time when strictures against homosexuality are the subject of impassioned debate, this groundbreaking work of scholarship has generated ... Weiterlesen
Titel vergriffen, auf Anfrage versuchen wir gerne, ihn antiquarisch zu besorgen.

Tinto Brass (R): Caligula - Uncut Edition

UK 1979, engl. OF, 156 Min., € 19.99
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The full, unexpurgated version of Tinto Brass's infamous soft-porn Roman epic. Malcolm McDowell stars as the deranged Emperor whose depraved acts include giving his horse political office, sleeping with his own sister and executing anyone who remotely displeases him. Gore Vidal provides the (uncredited) screenplay. The film, which is punctuated by a sequence of elaborate orgy scenes, remained in limbo ... Weiterlesen

John Boswell: Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality

USA 1980, 424 pp., brochure, € 49.95
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John Boswell's highly acclaimed study of the history of attitudes toward homosexualiy in the Christian West challenges received opinion and our own preconceptions about the Chruch's past relationship to its gay members, among whom were priests, bishops and even canonized saints.