Love and Relationships Secondary Literature

Question 1

Robin Osborne

Answer 1

There was an inconsistency about men’s depiction of women. On the one hand, they were seen as the archetypal sources of life; on the other, devilish and cunning.

Question 2

Roy Gibson

Answer 2

(Ovid)

Humour is an effective tool for reinforcing the message.

Question 3

Emile Stocquart

Answer 3

(Roman)

Sine manu marriages leads to a wife being totally independent of her husband.

Question 4

Judith Hallett

Answer 4

(Sappho)

A poet with an important social purpose: to instil sensual self awareness and sexual self esteem in her readers.

Question 5

Andromache Karanika

Answer 5

(Sappho)

Sappho primarily talks about the transition from girlhood to womanhood.

Question 6

Anna Motta

Answer 6

(Seneca)

True love, in many ways, is analogous to an ideal friendship. Neither is propelled by any ulterior motive.

Question 7

Ellen Greene

Answer 7

(Sappho)

Sappho constructs erotic experience, outside male assumptions.

Question 8

Freeman

Answer 8

(Sappho)

Male desire is a form of masculine oppression against younger women.

Question 9

Eve Stehle

Answer 9

(Sappho)

Sappho used lesbian love to create an alternative world of erotic experience.

Question 10

Beard

Answer 10

(Seneca)

Seneca’s ideas were something to aspire to.

Question 11

Orells

Answer 11

(Seneca)

Seneca examines love and desire with the context of himself, not society.

(Plato)

Pederastic relationships inform the next generation and they are the only form of education.

Question 12

Roy Gibson

Answer 12

(Ovid)

Ovid wrote Ars Amatoria as a response to Augustus’ conservative laws.

Question 13

Jimenez

Answer 13

(Plato)

Diotima engages with the other speeches, and their parts contribute to her speech.

Question 14

Annas

Answer 14

(Plato)

Plato uses Socrates as his mouthpiece but it is never clear whether this is actually his opinion.