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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Translation -- Introduction: "Custom the King of All" -- Part One The "Controlless Core" -- 1 The "Tyrant of Gods and Men" -- Madness and the Irrational -- Death, Violence, War -- "Thermos Eros," -- Erotic Disease -- Wind, Sea, and Storm -- The Beasts of Love -- The "Very God of Evil," -- 2 The Golden Child of the Bloody Foam -- Aphrodite and Helen -- The Seduction of Zeus -- Fear and Desire on Mt. Ida -- Sappho's Aphrodite -- "Something Greater Than a God," -- Her Cruel Smile -- Aphrodite Domesticated—Somewhat -- The Goddess of Gold and Blood -- 3 Pandora's "Foul Tribe of Women" -- The Charybdis of Appetite -- The Daughters of Earth and Blood -- The Mother of Them All -- "The Memorial of Disasters," -- The Lion in the House -- The Child-Killer -- Phaedra -- "Man-Slaughterer," -- The Power of Pandora's Tribe -- 4 Monsters of Appetite -- Culture or Nature? -- The Heterosexual Paradigm -- Outrage and Shame -- The Itch of Appetite -- The Controlless Core -- Part One The "Fancied Sway" -- 5 Taming the Beasts -- Cosmic Love -- The "Steersman of the Soul," -- The Order of the Soul -- 6 Erotic Technology -- Flowers, Fruit, Furrows -- The Technology of Ritual -- Putting Aphrodite in Her Place -- Cultivating the Cyclopses' Island -- 7 Wives and the Order of the House -- Sowing Heirs and Citizens -- The Most Important Possession: A Chaste Wife -- Preserving the Household -- Home Economics -- Andromache -- Alcestis -- Circumspect Penelope -- The Rehabilitation of Helen -- The Technology of Marriage -- 8 Eros the Pedagogue -- The Heterosexual Paradigm Revisited -- The Drinking Party -- Outrage, Shame, and "Just Eros," -- Taming the Horses of the Soul

Twelve articles, from a conference held in Cardiff in 1994, that look at rape in the ancient world in a variety of contexts including Athenian legal discourse, Greek art and myth, Greek and Roman drama and historiography. Contributions include: Rape, adultery and protection of bloodlines in classical Athens ( Daniel Ogden ); Bestiality and bestial rape in Greek myth ( J E Robson ); Sexual violence and politics in Late Archaic and Early Classical vase-painting ( Martin Kilmer ); The portrayal of rape in New Comedy ( Karen F Pierce ); Rape and Livy's view of Roman history ( James A Arieti ); Classical paradigms of rape in the Middle Ages ( Corinne J Saunders ). The paperback edition contains a new preface outlining developments in scholarship, plus a new bibliography.

"Baracchi has identified pivotal points around which the Republic operates; this allows a reading of the entire text to unfold ... a very beautifully written book."--Walter Brogan " ... a work that opens new and timely vistas within the Republic ... Her approach ... is thorough and rigorous."--John Sallis Although Plato's Republic is perhaps the most influential text in the history of Western philosophy, Claudia Baracchi finds that the work remains obscure and enigmatic. To fully understand and appreciate its meaning, she argues, we must attend to what its original language discloses. Through a close reading of the Greek text, attentive to the pervasiveness of story and myth, Baracchi investigates the dialogue's major themes. The first part of the book addresses issues of generation, reproduction, and decay as they apply to the founding of Socrates' just city. The second part takes up the connection between war and the cycle of life, employing a thorough analysis of Plato's rendition of the myth of Er. Baracchi shows that the Republic is concerned throughout with the complex but intertwined issues of life and war, locating the site of this tangled web of growth and destruction in the mythical dimension of the Platonic city

"Baracchi has identified pivotal points around which the Republic operates; this allows a reading of the entire text to unfold.... a very beautifully written book." -- Walter Brogan "... a work that opens new and timely vistas within the Republic.... Her approach... is thorough and rigorous." -- John Sallis Although Plato's Republic is perhaps the most influential text in the history of Western philosophy, Claudia Baracchi finds that the work remains obscure and enigmatic. To fully understand and appreciate its meaning, she argues, we must attend to what its original language discloses. Through a close reading of the Greek text, attentive to the pervasiveness of story and myth, Baracchi investigates the dialogue's major themes. The first part of the book addresses issues of generation, reproduction, and decay as they apply to the founding of Socrates' just city. The second part takes up the connection between war and the cycle of life, employing a thorough analysis of Plato's rendition of the myth of Er. Baracchi shows that the Republic is concerned throughout with the complex but intertwined issues of life and war, locating the site of this tangled web of growth and destruction in the mythical dimension of the Platonic city

"Uncommon Dominion tells the story of Venetian Crete, the home of two recognizably distinct ethnic communities, the Latins and the Greeks. The Greeks were subordinate to the Latins economically, politically, and juridically, yet within a century of Venetian colonization, the ethnic differences between Latin and Greek creations in daily material life were significantly blurred." "Members of the groups intermarried, many of them learned each other's language, and some even chose to worship by the rites of the other's church. Holding up ample evidence of acculturation and miscegenation by the colony's inhabitants, McKee uncovers the colonial forces that promoted the persistence of ethnic labeling despite the lack of any clear demarcation between the two predominant communities. As McKee argues, the concept of ethnic identity was largely determined by gender, religion, and social status, especially by the Latin and Greek elite in their complex and frequently antagonistic social relationships." "Drawing expertly from notarial and court records, as well as legislative and literary sources, Uncommon Dominion offers a unique study of ethnicity in the medieval and early modern periods. Students and scholars in medieval, colonial, and postcolonial studies will find much of use in studying this remarkable colonial experiment."--BOOK JACKET

1. Introduction: The Nature of Aphrodisiacs -- What are Aphrodisiacs? -- Aphrodisiacs and the Law -- Advertising Aphrodisiacs -- 2. The Ancient Traditions -- The Hindu Tradition -- China and the Far East -- The Near East -- The Greek Tradition -- The Roman Tradition -- The Arab Tradition -- 3. Magic Charms, Potions and Philtres -- Sex and Magic -- Hippomanes -- Cockle-bread -- Dragon's Blood -- John the Conqueror Root -- Magical Love Charms -- 4. Herbalism and Quackery -- Herbalism -- Witchcraft and the Church -- Vegetable Aphrodisiacs -- Ginseng -- The Legacy of the Herbalists -- Quackery -- Aphrodisiacs in Early Materiae Medicae -- Modern Quackery and Pseudo-science -- 5. The Classical Aphrodisiacs -- Rhinoceros Horn -- Spanish Flies -- The Mandrake -- Alcohol -- 6. The Scientific Approach to Sex and Aphrodisiacs -- Endocrinology of Sexual Function -- The Nature of the Sex Hormones -- Forms of Sexual Inadequacy -- The Origin of the Erection -- Physiology of the Erection and Ejaculation -- Testicular Transplants: the Monkey Gland Story -- The Therapeutic Role of Testosterone -- Prolactin -- Oral Contraceptives and Frigidity -- Use of Sex Hormones as Anaphrodisiacs -- Assessing the Effects of Potential Aphrodisiacs -- The Placebo -- 7. Drugs of Abuse -- Amphetamines -- Cannabis -- Cocaine -- Opium and the Narcotic Analgesics -- Nicotine -- Nitrites -- Nutmeg -- LSD and the Psychedelic Drugs -- Hypnotics and Sedatives -- Kola, Khat and Other Stimulants -- 8. Drugs used Clinically as Aphrodisiacs -- The Use and Limitations of Testosterone -- Yohimbine -- Strychnine -- Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone (LHRH) -- Dopamine and Sexual Function -- Serotonin and Sexual Function -- Drugs with Aphrodisiac Side-effects -- Drugs with Anaphrodisiac Side-effects -- 9. Aphrodisiacs in the Future -- Pheromones -- Perfumes -- Aromatherapy -- Bodily Secretions -- Brain Stimulation -- Subliminal Stimulation -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: List of Aphrodisiacs -- Appendix 2: Effects of Drugs on the Nervous System.