The Body || The Sexual Revolution of Late Antiquity
โ Scribed by Review by: Gedaliahu G. Stroumsa
- Book ID
- 124677664
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 317 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0018-2710
- DOI
- 10.2307/1062794
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