K. J. Dover (1920–2010)
Author of Greek Homosexuality
About the Author
Image credit: Kenneth James Dover
Works by K. J. Dover
Associated Works
The Clouds [Greek text] (1969) — Editor, some editions; Editor, some editions — 291 copies, 6 reviews
The Sleep of Reason: Erotic Experience and Sexual Ethics in Ancient Greece and Rome (2002) — Contributor — 57 copies
Sex and Difference in Ancient Greece and Rome (Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World) (2003) — Contributor — 14 copies
Hesperos: Studies in Ancient Greek Poetry Presented to M. L. West on his Seventieth Birthday (2007) — Contributor — 7 copies
Women in antiquity — Contributor — 3 copies
Lustrum: Internationale Forschungsberichte aus dem Bereich des klassischen Alterums, 1957/2 (1958) — Contributor, some editions — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Dover, K. J.
- Legal name
- Dover, Kenneth James
- Birthdate
- 1920-03-11
- Date of death
- 2010-03-07
- Gender
- male
- Education
- St Paul's School
Balliol College, Oxford - Occupations
- classicist
university professor
university administrator - Organizations
- University of St Andrews
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Cornell University
Stanford University
British Army (WWII) - Awards and honors
- British Academy (Fellow, 1966)
Royal Society of Edinburgh (Fellow, 1975)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1979)
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow, 1979)
Knight Bachelor (1977) - Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Oxford, England, UK
St. Andrews, Scotland, UK
Ithaca, New York, USA
Palo Alto, California, USA - Place of death
- St Andrews, Scotland, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- UK
Members
Reviews
Fairly detailed methodical description and analysis of homosexuality in Ancient Greece. Scholarly, detailed and academic but not beyond a lay person to read.
Looks at the law, manifestatio of eros and nature and society. Good, if somewhay dry, read.
Looks at the law, manifestatio of eros and nature and society. Good, if somewhay dry, read.
Not a lot wrong with it, except perhaps for some dodgy vase interpretations. It needs to be more explicitly a work of lit crit, probably, being pretty strong on the subjects of Aischines and Plato.
It's one of those books that's got nothing wrong with it. it's just a bit light and forgettable (but then I don't have a very good memory!). I think 3 stars would be a bit mean. Obviously need to read it again.
study of literary and artistic evidence
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- Works
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- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 5
- ISBNs
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