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31 ago 1997 · Love in the Ancient World: Directed by Christopher Miles. With Kathleen Turner, John Julius Norwich, Fanis Adamopoulos, Theophanis Adamopoulos. Since the beginning of recorded history the human race has tried, with varying degrees of success, to keep its erotic impulses in check.
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- Biography, Romance
- Christopher Miles
- 1997-08-31
It is easy to think of love in purely romantic terms, but the theme of love occurs in a variety of contexts in Greek and Roman thought. From cosmological speculation on the structure of the universe to medical theories of the emotions, from philosophical investigations into the nature of friendship to poetic accounts of the birth of the gods ...
The film examines with experts and written evidence at the time, how the ancient civilisations around the Mediterranean basin regarded love and sexuality. Love in the Ancient World Directed by Christopher Miles
30 nov 1998 · Since the beginning of recorded history the human race has tried, with varying degrees of success, to keep its erotic impulses in check. The film examines with experts and written evidence at the time, how the ancient civilisations around the Mediterranean basin regarded love and sexuality, before the icy kiss of organised religion imbued relationships with a sense of guilt…was everyone ...
Love in the Ancient World Hardcover – 13 Oct. 1997. by Christopher Miles (Author, Photographer), Lord John Julius Norwich (Author) 5.0 1 rating. See all formats and editions. Hardcover. £3.30 9 Used from £1.64. Paperback. £2.36 5 Used from £2.36 1 New from £35.28.
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- Hardcover
- Lord John Julius Norwich
5 giorni fa · The film examines with experts and written evidence at the time, how the ancient civilisations around the Mediterranean basin regarded love and sexuality, before the icy kiss of organised...
Brief Synopsis. Special explores the extraordinary lengths to which the civilizations of the ancient world went to control their sex drives. The sexual practices of Egypt, Greece, Rome and others are examined along with the self-imposed "civilizing" rules they lived under.
