Thinking Men explores artistic and intellectual expression in the classical world as the self representation of man. It starts from the premise that the history of classical antiquity as the ancients tell it is a history of men. However, the focus of this volume is the creation, re-creation and iteration of that male self as presented in language, poetry, drama, philosophical and scientific thought and art: man constructing himself as subject in classical antiquity and beyond. This beautifully illustrated volume, which contains a preface by Nathalie Kampen, provides a thought-provoking and stimulating insight into the representations of men in Classical culture.
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'This book contains a wealth of different opinions and arguments which sum up present thoughts in the field of gender studies very well.' - JACT Review
List of plates vii(1) Notes on contributors viii(2) Preface x(2) List of abbreviations xii 1 Introduction 1(5) LIN FOXHALL 2 The constrained man 6(17) MATTHEW FOX 3 Sculpted men of Athens: masculinity and power in the field of vision 23(20) ROBIN OSBORNE 4 Masculine values, feminine forms: on the gender of personified abstractions 43(14) EMMA J. STAFFORD 5 Natural sex: the attribution of sex and gender to plants in ancient Greece 57(14) LIN FOXHALL 6 Eros the blacksmith: performing masculinity in Anakreons love lyrics 71(12) MARGARET WILLIAMSON 7 The male body as spectacle in Attic drama 83(17) RICHARD HAWLEY 8 Rape and young manhood in Athenian comedy 100(15) ALAN H. SOMMERSTEIN 9 Understanding the men in Menander 115(15) ANGELA HEAP 10 Ideals of masculinity in New Comedy 130(18) KAREN F. PIERCE 11 Juvenal, Satire 2: putting male sexual deviants on show 148(7) JONATHAN WALTERS 12 In the name of the father: procreation, paternity and patriarchy 155(15) MARY HARLOW 13 The old Adam: the Fathers and the unmaking of masculinity 170(13) GILLIAN CLARK 14 The hero of our time: classic heroes and post-classical drama 183(14) FELICITY ROSSLYN Bibliography 197(13) General index 210(4) Index of ancient authors 214
Foxhall, Lin; Salmon, John
