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2015 |
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2014-12-18 |
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Rape is a common motif in Greek comedy. But whereas the victim in New Comedy is routinely
a citizen girl whose resulting pregnancy is key to the play’s plot, rape in Aristophanes
is always projected, never realized, with the would-be victims ranging from a slave-girl
to a prostitute, a citizen wife and even a goddess. This chapter examines several
passages containing fantasies/threats of rape, exploring how they both reinforce the
power dynamics of gender and social roles in classical Athens and are also revealing
of male attitudes to rape. Taken as a whole, these passages display a complex mixture
of male delight in rape as uncomplicated and unbounded sex with recognition of rape’s
ability to harm and degrade a woman. |
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Robson, James (2015). Fantastic sex: fantasies of sexual assault in Aristophanes.
In: Masterson, Mark; Rabinowitz, Nancy Sorkin and Robson, James eds. Sex in Antiquity:
Exploring Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World. Rewriting Antiquity. Abingdon:
Routledge, pp. 315–331. |
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Robson, James (2014). Fantastic sex: fantasies of sexual assault in Aristophanes.
In: Masterson, Mark; Rabinowitz, Nancy Sorkin and Robson, James eds. Sex in Antiquity:
Exploring Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World. Rewriting Antiquity. Abingdon:
Routledge, pp. 315–331. |
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Robson, James (2015). Fantastic sex: fantasies of sexual assault in Aristophanes.
In: Masterson, Mark; Rabinowitz, Nancy Sorkin and Robson, James eds. Sex in Antiquity:
Exploring Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World. Rewriting Antiquity. Abingdon:
Routledge, pp. 315–331. |
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ext-a75de4357e5533e572a9bc120d4e6615 |
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Fantastic sex: fantasies of sexual assault in Aristophanes |
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