Sexual attitudes, preferences and infections in Ancient Egypt
The prevalence of STDs in Ancient Egypt has been found to be low. This state of affairs was maintained for centuries.
Virginity and Its Meaning for Women's Sexuality in Early Christianity
The fervor with which large numbers of early Christian women pursued lives of asceticism and renunciation is a curious fact in the history of women in late antiquity.
Sex and Lots of Erotic Art to Prove It: The Erotic art of Pompeii
The ancient Roman City of Pompeii is a spectacle of some of the worlds most beautiful and risqu
Lupercalia: The True Origins of St Valentine's Day
Lupercalia is uniquely Roman, but even the Romans of the first century were at a loss to explain exactly which deity or deities were being exalted. It harkens back to the days when Rome was nothing more than a few shepherds living on a hill known as Palantine and was surrounded by wilderness teeming with wolves.
On the Bravery of Women: The Ancient Amazon and Her Modern Counterparts
The vision of women armed and marching into battle against male opponents appeared to exert an intriguing influence on the culture that conceived such a myth; in turn, the Amazons continued to be popular through Roman times…
Motherhood and Childbirth in Pharaonic Egypt
Barrenness was dreaded. If a woman could not conceive, pleas were made to the deities connected with
fertility and childbirth, such as Bes, Taweret, and above all, Hathor.
Sexual attitudes, preferences and infections in Ancient Greece: has antiquity anything useful for us today?
Greek society, not least concerning all aspects of sex, was well ordered, frank and tolerant. Some of the areas of Greek society’s structure and functioning which differ most markedly from ours, and seem to have determined a modest STD problem, are highlighted and discussed.
Contraception and abortion in the early Roman Empire: A critical examination of ancient sources and modern interpretations
Contraception and abortion in the early Roman Empire: A critical examination of ancient sources and modern interpretations By Susan Dowsing MA Thesis, University…
MARRIAGE IN THE ROMAN IMPERIAL PERIOD
MARRIAGE IN THE ROMAN IMPERIAL PERIOD Konstantinos Mantas (Athens) POLIS: Revista de ideas y formas políticas de la Antigüedad Clásica, 11 (1999), pp.…
Contraception and Abortion in the Greco-Roman World
The author discusses the validity of the claim that, in Antiquity, effective contraceptives and abortifacients were available, were widely used, and their use was responsible for the decline of population in certain periods.