'Genitalia of the Sea': Seafood and Sexuality in Greek Comedy.
Fish play a sizable role in the remains of ancient Greek comedy. Although scholars have proposed various cultural, economic, and generic explanations for comedy's interest in sea creatures, they have not adequately considered the importance of seafood's relationship to obscenity and sexuality. Greek...
| Publicado en: | Mnemosyne Vol. 67; no. 4; pp. 554 - 577 |
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2014
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