Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

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First published: December 20, 2014 - Last updated: November 1, 2025

TITLE INFORMATION

Author: James Robson

Title: Fantastic Sex

Subtitle: Fantasies of sexual assault in Aristophanes

In: Sex in Antiquity: Exploring Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World

Edited by: Mark Masterson, Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz and James Robson

Place: London and New York, NY

Publisher: Routledge

Year: 2014 (hbk, ebk.), 2018 (pbk.)

Pages: 315-331

Series: Rewriting Antiquity

ISBN-13: 9780415519410 (hbk.) - Find a Library: Wikipedia, WorldCat | ISBN-13: 9781138480414 (pbk.) - Find a Library: Wikipedia, WorldCat | ISBN-13: 9781315747910 (ebk.) - Find a Library: Wikipedia, WorldCat

Language: English

Keywords: Ancient History: Greek History | Types: Rape; Representations: Literary Texts / Aristophanes



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Author: James Robson, Department of Classical Studies, Open University - Academia.edu, ResearchGate

Abstract: »Finally in this section, Robson (Chapter 18) examines the representation of rape in Old Comedy. He argues that the Aristophanic passages in question display a complex mixture of, on the one hand, male fantasies of rape as uncomplicated sexual acts, and on the other, recognition of rape’s ability both to degrade and harm the female victim.« (Source: Mark Masterson, Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, and James Robson, with assistance from Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones. »Introduction.« Sex in Antiquity: Exploring Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World. Edited by Mark Masterson et. al. London 2014: 8)

Contents:
  Acharnians 263–79: The Phallic Song (p. 317)
  Peace 894–904 (p. 320)
  Lysistrata 973–80 (p. 322)
  Birds 1253–6 (p. 323)
  Conclusion (p. 325)
  Notes (p. 326)
  Bibliography (p. 329)

Wikipedia: Ancient history: Ancient Greece / Classical Greece | Literature: Ancient Greek literature / Aristophanes | Literature: Ancient Greek comedy / Acharnians, Birds (play), Peace (play), Lysistrata | Sex and the law: Rape / History of rape