ENGLISH

Eunuchs in Antiquity and Beyond

By Shaun Tougher (ed.)

Book information

Publisher
The Classical Press of Wales
Year
2002
ISBN
0715631292, 9780715631294
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (18379181 bytes)
Pages
282\284
Topic
History
Time added
2017-03-18 08:10:05
Greece;Ancient Civilizations;History;Rome;Ancient

Description

Eunuchism was a subject which both intrigued and embarrassed the ancient world. The special virtue attributed to the castrated male at court, of undistracted loyalty to his ruler, aided the promotion of numerous eunuchs to positions of great power. A literary discourse developed, reviling and sometimes defending the eminence of these 'half-men'. Here, thirteen new studies from an international cast explore how eunuchs were perceived, and also reconstruct the realities of eunuchs' lives in Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Eastern culture.

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