Name: Eunuchs in Antiquity and Beyond
SKU: 68344406
Author: S. Tougher;Vern L. Bullough;Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones;Ruth Bardel;Shelley Hales;Ra’anan Abusch;George Sideris;Margaret Mullett;Niels Gaul;Shih-Shan Henry Tsai
ISBN: 9781914535697

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Classical Press of Wales

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S. Tougher;Vern L. Bullough;Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones;Ruth Bardel;Shelley Hales;Ra’anan Abusch;George Sideris;Margaret Mullett;Niels Gaul;Shih-Shan Henry Tsai

Colección

Greece, Rome, and Beyond

Año

2026

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Inglés

N° páginas

284

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Tapa Blanda

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23.4x15.6 cm

ISBN13

9781914535697

Eunuchs in Antiquity and Beyond

S. Tougher;Vern L. Bullough;Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones;Ruth Bardel;Shelley Hales;Ra’anan Abusch;George Sideris;Margaret Mullett;Niels Gaul;Shih-Shan Henry Tsai (Autor) · Classical Press of Wales · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "Eunuchs in Antiquity and Beyond"

Eunuchism was a subject which both intrigued and embarrassed the ancient world. The special virtue attributed to the castrated male at court, of undistracted loyalty to his ruler, aided the promotion of numerous eunuchs to positions of great power. A literary discourse developed, reviling and sometimes defending the eminence of these 'half-men'. Here, thirteen new studies from an international cast explore how eunuchs were perceived, and also reconstruct the realities of eunuchs' lives in Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Eastern culture.