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What could Marcus Aurelius feel for Fronto?
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Abstract
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| Were Marcus Aurelius and Fronto in love? Does the correspondence between master Fronto and prince Marcus Aurelius prove that their relationship was a fully sexual one? Were both lovers playing dangerous games? This article explores the various possibilities in a relationship which may at first sight seem like a relationship of sexual passion. Contrary to the Amy Richlin thesis, I will contend that it is not justified to interpret the letters as a correspondence between a gay master and his beloved pupil. Taking a closer look at both the literary and the socio-cultural context, one comes to understand what we can and what we cannot know about language games and bodily games of sex in antiquity. |
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Language
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English
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Studia Humaniora Tartuensia
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Publication
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2009
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1406-6203
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10
:A.3
(2009)
, p. 10.A.3,1-10.A.3,7
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