Gender and Sexuality in Antiquity
The study of gender and sexuality can cross many disciplines and time periods. For this guide the emphasis will be placed on pointing towards resources that examine gender and sexuality within the societies of ancient Greece and Rome. These have often been referred to the Classical World.
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Gender and Sexuality in Antiquity Resources
- Electronic Resources for ClassicistsThis page contains a list of resources for Classicists.
Below are some additional reference sources on Greek and Roman culture that may provide a starting point for more in depth explorations.
- Oxford Reference / Classical Studies reference books This link opens in a new windowReady-reference book collection. Search or browse the Classics subject. Search within a book or search the whole database of Oxford Reference.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new windowA database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Finding Images of Gender Roles and Sexuality
Below are some options for finding information on or images of art created within the societies of ancient Greece and Rome or depicting how those societies appeared to later generations. Images can often capture what a society values are and how they treat the roles of men and women in their societies.
- Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new windowOur Oxford Art Online subscription offers access to the Grove Dictionary of Art, the foremost scholarly art encyclopedia ("Grove Art"). It provides global coverage of visual culture from ancient to contemporary times, described in encyclopedia-style entries that are written and vetted by expert scholars.
Please note our subscription is restricted to 3 simultaneous users: to help other researchers, please close the page when you are finished using this database.
- British Museum: Collection OnlineOver 900,000 images representative of the Museum's 3,500,000 objects.
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- L'Annee Philologique This link opens in a new windowPublished by the Société Internationale de Bibliographie Classique, L'Annee Philologique is a bibliographic database of scholarly works relating to all aspects of Ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. Includes all volumes of the annual index, beginning with Volume I published in 1928.
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- Modern & Classical Languages DepartmentThis links to the home page of the University of Kentucky's Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures.
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