Phallos
Phallos

Author: Samuel R. Delany

Publisher: Wesleyan University Press

Published: 2013-05-20

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 0819573566

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Phallos is a 2004 novel by the acclaimed novelist and critic Samuel R. Delany. Taking the form of a gay pornographic novella, with the explicit sex omitted, Phallos is set during the reign of the second-century Roman emperor Hadrian, and circles around the historical account of the murder of the emperor's favorite, Antinous. The story moves from Syracuse to Egypt, from the Pillars of Hercules to Rome, from Athens to Byzantium, and back. Young Neoptolomus searches after the stolen phallus of the nameless god of Hermopolis, crafted of gold and encrusted with jewels, within which are reputedly the ancient secrets of science and society that will lead to power, knowledge, and wealth. Vivid and clever, the original novella has been expanded by nearly a third. Appended to the text are an afterword by Robert F. Reid-Pharr and three astute speculative essays by Steven Shaviro, Kenneth R. James, and Darieck Scott.

Phallos
Phallos

Author: Eugene Monick

Publisher: Inner City Books

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9780919123267

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Through close examination of the physical, physhological and mythological aspects of phallos, the author differentiates masculinity from patriarchy and discovers a mysterious, divine reality coequal with the maternal principle as an originating force in the psyche.

Phallos
Phallos

Author: Thorkil Vanggaard

Publisher: International Universities PressInc

Published: 1972-12-01

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 9780823681921

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A fascinating study of the phallus as a symbol of power and dominance, this book offers an interesting thesis regarding a cultural repression of homosexuality and some challenging hypotheses concerning elemental ties between boys and older men.

Birds of the Athenian Agora
Birds of the Athenian Agora

Author: Robert Lamberton

Publisher: ASCSA

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780876616277

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As well as the Little Owl or glaux, so often seen accompanying the goddess Athena, many other birds played an important role in Greek art and symbolism. This booklet describes the ways in which the Greeks viewed birds, from useful hawks and fowl to exotic parakeets and peacocks. Some of the birds most often depicted are imaginary, from the griffin to the phallos bird, whose head and neck consisted of an erect penis. The book ends with a field guide to species likely to be seen on a visit to the Agora archaeological park today.