Love in the Ancient World

Summary 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? View more details

Love in the Ancient World

Directed : Christopher Miles

Written : Christopher Miles

Stars : Kathleen Turner John Julius Norwich Fanis Adamopoulos Theophanis Adamopoulos

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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

Summary 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? View more details

Details

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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