Sexual Ambivalence: androgyny and hermaphroditism in Graeco-Roman antiquity

Sexual Ambivalence: androgyny and hermaphroditism in Graeco-Roman antiquity

Brisson relates the extant ancient narratives about two-sexed creatures, and discusses the significant roles they played in myth and philosophy.

Luc Brisson

Berkeley : University of California Press

Translated from the French by Janet Lloyd

Series: Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature

1. Monsters. An Ominous Prodigy. An Error of Nature. A Phenomenon -- 2. Dual Sexuality and Homosexuality. The Myth of Hermaphroditus, as Told by Ovid. Masculinity and Femininity in Ancient Greece and Rome. Homosexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome -- 3. Archetypes. The Myth of Aristophanes in Plato's Symposium. Orphism. Gnosticism. The Chaldean Oracles. The Hermetic Corpus. The Phoenix -- 4. Mediators. The Myth of Tiresias. A Brief Bestiary Associated with the Myth of Tiresias.

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