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This can be a good resource for both print and electronic books. This will include resources available in the Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library and William T. Young Library.
Key search terms
Library of Congress subject headings (LCSH) use headings such as Gender identity, Sex role, Sexual ethics, Sex customs, Prostitution and then narrow them by the place or civilization. So Gender identity - Greece or Sex role - Rome -History would be good options. Other possibilities are Rome - Moral conditions, Greece - Moral conditions and Rome - Civilization or Greece -Civilization.
Terms that may be ambiguous in LCSH will have qualifiers such as (Greek mythological figure), (Greek deity), (Roman deity), (Legendary character), (Mythological character) etc. Examples would be Meda, consort of Aegeus, King of Athens (Mythological character), Zeus (Greek deity), Sirens (Mythology), Diana (Roman deity) and Aeneas (Legendary character). Other possible terms include authors, such as Home, Plato, Euripedes, Ovid whose works contain discussions or depictions of gender and sexuality.
Library of Congress Call Numbers for Browsing Print Collections
There is not a single classification area for Gender and Sexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome but rather several depending on what perspective interests you.
For art (N5320-N5899 ancient art, N7760-N7763 mythology in art)
For literature (PA3015, PA5230 and PA6029 for ancient literature and PN883 for influence on modern literature)
For culture and civilization, see DE for Greece & Rome and DE5 in particular for Classical dictionaries.