In the classical world, religious thought, social habits, and the divergence between masculine and feminine gave rise to a peculiar erotic art whose study helps to understand the complex nature of these societies. Carmen Sánchez does not propose an essay on the sexuality in the Greek and Roman world, but a journey through the visual imagery of classical eroticism, where the texts have been treated as illustrations with the intention of understanding, explaining and, above all, hearing the images.
This book explores eroticism in the art of classical culture, from the invention of the public nude to the construction of popular male homosexual courtship scenes, from the use of the phallus as an amulet to the exploration of the alterity of supernatural and magical eroticism.