072 - The Wrathful Queen

In this episode, we discuss the myths, iconography, and cultic worship of Hera, the queen of the heavens and wife of Zeus, and the guardian of women, marriage, childbirth, and the family unit

**Special Guest Episode on Roman Sexuality w/Aven McMaster**

 

In this special guest episode, I am joined by Dr Aven McMaster to discuss love, sex, and prostitution from the Roman perspective and compare/contrast it with ancient Greece

Dr Aven McMaster
Assistant Professor of Ancient Studies at Thorneloe University at Laurentian
Co-Host of the Endless Knot Podcast
Website: http://www.alliterative.net
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071 - Love, Sex, and Prostitution

 

In this episode, we discuss Greek love and sexuality by examining the formal social institution known as pederasty; the various philosophical theories of love as described by Plato (through various speakers) in his treatise, the Symposium; the various methods in which Athenian males (and non-citizen women) were able to have sex; the depiction of nudity and genitalia in art and masturbation; the various types of female and male prostitutes; pictorial and medical evidence for the daily life of prostitutes and philosophical and comedic representation of prostitution; and the lives of several famous hetairai (Rhodopis, Thargelia, Aspasia, Phryne, and Neaira)

Primary Sources:

Text/Plato's Symposium

Text/Pseudo-Demosthenes' Against Neaira