In their fathers’ power
Jasper Griffin, 15 October 1987
A History of Private Life. Vol. I: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium
edited by Paul Veyne.
Harvard, 670 pp., £24.95, May 1987,0 674 39975 7 Show More
edited by Paul Veyne.
Harvard, 670 pp., £24.95, May 1987,
The Roman Empire: Economy, Society and Culture
edited by Peter Garnsey and Richard Saller.
Duckworth, 231 pp., £24, March 1987,0 7156 2145 9 Show More
edited by Peter Garnsey and Richard Saller.
Duckworth, 231 pp., £24, March 1987,
“... in Ancient Egypt, a title irresistibly recalling Lucky Jim, can stand as light relief here too. Manniche sets out to show that Greeks and Romans were not, as is assumed, ‘pioneers in describing and depicting this aspect of human behaviour ... Along the banks of the Nile erotic life flourished at all levels of society.’ There are obscene ... ”
