Sexuality in the Ancient World (AC241)

Lecture notes, summaries, and presentation content, as well as explanations of core concepts in the lectures of AC241 in 2022. The notes describe sexuality in the Ancient Near East (focusing on the Epic of Gilgamesh and Mesopotamia, the Laws of Ancient Southwest Asia (i.e., Hittite law), and Ancient Egyptian sexuality). They also describe sexuality in the Greco-Roman period, slavery and sexuality in ancient Greece, and a bit on the sexuality of Alexander the Great. It describes Roman sexu...