"Sleeping in the bosom of a tender companion": Homoerotic attachments in Sappho

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 49, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 193-208

  Klinck, Anne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ancient Greek lyric; Homoeroticism; Lesbian; Lesbos; Pederasty; Same sex; Sappho

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HISTORY; HOMOSEXUALITY; INTIMACY; LESBIAN; LITERATURE; REVIEW;

EROTICA; FEMALE; GREEK WORLD; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 30044448224     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v49n03_07     Document Type: Review

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