Friday essay: the erotic art of Ancient Greece and Rome
- Written by Craig Barker, Education Manager, Sydney University Museums, University of Sydney
A fragment of a wall painting showing two lovers in bed from the House of L Caecilius Jucundus in Pompeii, now at Naples National Archaeological MuseumWikimedia Commons
In our sexual histories series, authors explore changing sexual mores from antiquity to today.
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