Summaries

Since the beginning of recorded history the human race has tried, with varying degrees of success, to keep its erotic impulses in check. The film examines with experts and written evidence at the time, how the ancient civilisations around the Mediterranean basin regarded love and sexuality, before the icy kiss of organised religion imbued relationships with a sense of guilt....was everyone having too much fun too early on?

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Keywords
  • voice over narration
  • rome italy
  • science
  • mesopotamia
  • cultural history
Genres
  • Romance
  • Biography
Release date Aug 30, 1997
Countries of origin United States Germany
Language English Greek
Filming locations Athens, Greece
Production companies Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) A+E Networks Milesian Films

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