I am fairly certain that I read that self-same book when I was writing a term paper for one of my college classes. From my understanding of both Greek and Roman culture, women were either property, wealth, or sexual objects. Women did a lot of textile work that made them add to your wealth. Thus, if you owned the woman, you owned her skills, which increased your wealth. And there is nothing like being stinking rich to increase your sexual appetite.
Interesting stuff. Mayhap I will have to re-read this book and others like it to see if my understanding of the material has changed at all in the intervening years.
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Date: 2007-08-24 03:46 am (UTC)Interesting stuff. Mayhap I will have to re-read this book and others like it to see if my understanding of the material has changed at all in the intervening years.