Steeped in honey, Juventius,
your golden eyes, and as sweet too
when I press my lips to them -
three hundred thousand kisses
is not close to enough
For centuries, evidence of queer love in the ancient world was ignored or suppressed. Even today, only a few, famous narratives are widely known - yet there's a rich literary tradition of Greek and Roman love that extends far beyond this handful of stories. Here, the poet Seán Hewitt and painter Luke Edward Hall collect together, for the first time, forty of the most exhilarating queer tales in the classical canon and bring them newly to life. A ground-breaking anthology that changes the way we see the ancient world - and invites us to reflect on the puritanism of our own - 300,000 Kisses is a riotous celebration of desire in all its forms.
| ISBN: | 9780241575734 |
| Publication date: | 5th October 2023 |
| Author: | Seán Hewitt |
| Illustrator: | Luke Edward Hall |
| Publisher: | Particular Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Genres: |
Ancient history Social and cultural history Ancient Greek religion and mythology Roman religion and mythology LGBTQ+ Studies / topics Anthologies: general |
Steeped in honey, Juventius,
your golden eyes, and as sweet too
when I press my lips to them -
three hundred thousand kisses
is not close to enough
For centuries, evidence of queer love in the ancient world was ignored or suppressed. Even today, only a few, famous narratives are widely known - yet there's a rich literary tradition of Greek and Roman love that extends far beyond this handful of stories. Here, the poet Seán Hewitt and painter Luke Edward Hall collect together, for the first time, forty of the most exhilarating queer tales in the classical canon and bring them newly to life. A ground-breaking anthology that changes the way we see the ancient world - and invites us to reflect on the puritanism of our own - 300,000 Kisses is a riotous celebration of desire in all its forms.
300,000 Kisses features in the following genres: Ancient history, Social and cultural history, Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Roman religion and mythology, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, Anthologies: general
300,000 Kisses is available in Hardback
300,000 Kisses was written by Seán Hewitt and published by Particular Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
300,000 Kisses has 208 pages
£22.50