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P. Brown, The Body and Society: Men, Women and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988. Pp. xx + 504, 1 map. ISBN 0-231-06100-5. $52.00. - A. Rousselle, Porneia: On Desire and the Body in Antiquity. Trans. F. Pheasant. Oxford: Blackwell, 1988. Pp. X + 213. ISBN 0-631-13837-4. £27.50.

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P. Brown, The Body and Society: Men, Women and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988. Pp. xx + 504, 1 map. ISBN 0-231-06100-5. $52.00.
A. Rousselle, Porneia: On Desire and the Body in Antiquity. Trans. F. Pheasant. Oxford: Blackwell, 1988. Pp. X + 213. ISBN 0-631-13837-4. £27.50.

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Mary Beard
Mary Beard
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Newnham College, Cambridge
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The Journal of Roman Studies , Volume 81 , November 1991 , pp. 180 - 182
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Copyright ©Mary Beard 1991. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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