Games of Venus: An Anthology of Greek and Roman Erotic Verse from Sappho to Ovid (The New Ancient World)

by Peter Bing (Editor), Rip Cohen (Series Editor)

• New

  Paperback
  1993

  $42.23

  An introduction acquainting the reader with ancient sexual mores in their social setting and a guide to reading ancient erotic verse. Brief sketches of each poet's life and times, as well as notes explaining references to myth, geography, and unfamiliar sexual and social customs are included.