The Latin Sexual Vocabulary
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: J. N. Adams
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 1990-10 - Publisher: JHU Press

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LIke other languages, Latin contained certain words its speakers considered obscene as well as a rich stock of sexual euphemism and metaphor. Our sources for th
The Latin Sexual Vocabulary
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: James Noel Adams
Categories: Latin language
Type: BOOK - Published: 1982 - Publisher: Bristol Classical Press

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The Ruler's House
Language: en
Pages: 255
Authors: Harriet Fertik
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-12-03 - Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

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Examining political culture and thought in early imperial Rome, The Ruler's House confronts the fragility of one-man rule.
Slang and Euphemism
Language: en
Pages: 454
Authors: Richard A. Spears
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher: Berkley

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A lexicon of "improper" English From slang terminology describing various bodily functions and sexual acts, to the centuries-old cant of thieves and prostitutes
Homosexuality in Greece and Rome
Language: en
Pages: 600
Authors: Thomas K. Hubbard
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-05-12 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Important primary texts on homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome are translated into modern, explicit English and collected together in this comprehensive so