Table Of ContentCLASSICAL PRESENCES
GeneralEditors
LORNA HARDWICK JAMES I. PORTER
CLASSICAL PRESENCES
Attemptstoreceivethetexts,images,andmaterialcultureofancientGreece
and Rome inevitably run the risk of appropriating the past in order to
authenticatethepresent.Exploringthewaysinwhichtheclassicalpasthas
beenmappedoverthecenturiesallowsustotracetheavowalanddisavowal
of values and identities, old and new. Classical Presences brings the latest
scholarship to bear on the contexts, theory, and practice of such use, and
abuse,oftheclassicalpast.
Masculine Plural
Queer Classics, Sex, and
Education
Jennifer Ingleheart
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Acknowledgements
Itisagreatpleasuretothankthemanypeoplewhohavehelpedmeinthe
researching and writing of this book. I was first introduced to Philip
Gillespie Bainbrigge by my Durham colleague Peter Heslin while I was
workingonthereceptionofRomeinVictorian erotica.Petersuggested
thatImightfindaninterestingtopicinBainbrigge’sprivatewritings,and
Iamverygratefulindeedtohimforthissuggestion,andforcommenting
perceptively on early drafts of some of this material. A number of
current/former Durham colleagues—George Boys-Stones, Phillip Horky,
Luke Pitcher, and Ed Richardson—also read some or all of my earlier
drafts,andtheirlearnedandkindcommentshavebeeninvaluabletome;
Iammostgratefultothemforsharingtheirknowledgeandtime.
Chris Stray, too, has commented on an earlier draft, and patiently
answeredmanyqueriesfromme;thisbookhasbeenmuchimprovedby
hisgeneroussharingofhisexpertiseandinsights,andIowehimmany
thanks.IwouldalsoliketothankPeterParker,whokindlyansweredmy
questionsabouttheEdinburghProductionofAchillesinScyros,andeven
moregenerouslycommentedonalatedraftoftheentiremanuscript.
I am most grateful to Jean Findlay for sharing with me, at a crucial
stage in my project, materials she holds on Bainbrigge and Scott Mon-
crieff, and responding to various queries. My heartfelt thanks are also
duetoLiamSimsofCambridgeUniversityLibrary,whohassharedwith
mehisinvaluableexpertise (particularlyonA.T.Bartholomewandthe
Arc. collection), and made extremely helpful comments on drafts at
various stages in this project. I would also like to thank for their help
with archival research the following curators, librarians, and archivists:
Jonathan Smith of Trinity College, Cambridge; Eleanor Cracknell and
Roddy Fisherof EtonCollege;RobinBrooke-Smith andMikeMorrogh
ofShrewsburySchool;SuzanneFosterofWinchesterCollege;Catherine
Smith of Charterhouse; Anna Sanders of Balliol College, Oxford; Mark
BainbridgeofWorcesterCollege,Oxford.
MythanksarealsoduetotheHarryRansomCenterinAustin,Texas,
for awarding me a 2016–17 Research Fellowship in the Humanities,
supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Research Fellowship
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Endowment.ThisenabledmetocarryoutcrucialarchivalworkonScott
Moncrieff’sletterstoVyvyanHolland.
AudiencesatseminarsatDurhamUniversity’sDepartmentofClassics
and Ancient History and at St. Andrews made helpful comments on
earlierdraftsofchaptersfromthisvolume,asdidaudiencesattheLGBT
HistoryMonthfestivalsin2016atShrewsburyandNewcastle.
At Oxford University Press, Lorna Hardwick, James Porter, and
Charlotte Loveridge have been unfailingly helpful and supportive of
thisproject.TheReadersforthePresshavealsohelpedtoimprovethis
volumeinmanyways,andIammostgratefultothemfortheirsugges-
tions.Mythanksarealsoduetomycopyeditor,DonaldWatt.
I also owe thanks for contributions of various kinds to: Maggie
Asquith, Aelred Baker, Alan Beale, Alastair Blanshard, Edward Bragg,
Timothyd’ArchSmith,ClaireDavenport,thelatePeterDerow,Anabel
Farrell,PetaFowler,HenryHardy,AlisonHennegan,CharlotteHeppell,
Merlin Holland, Lucy Hughes, Scott Jacobs, Patricia McGuire, Peter
Monteith, Fiona Mynors,Bill Naquin, Harriet Patrick, AndrejPetrovic,
IvanaPetrovic,JulianReid,PeterRoscoe,PhilippaSeale,JenniferThorp,
CrispinTickell,PeterWilkes,andMarkWoolmer.
Finally,I would liketo thank my wife Wendy and our son Rufus for
theirhelp,support,andlovewhileIwasengagedonthisproject.
JenniferIngleheart
Durham
12December2017
Contents
Introduction 1
Dialogvs. Jocvndvs: Robertvs 75
1. InDecentLatin:Dialogus.Jocundus:Robertus 89
2. Sex,Latin,andScholarship:A.E.Housman’sPraefanda 159
Achilles in Scyros 197
3. HereAphroditeIsNot:AchillesinScyros 221
Conclusion:QueerClassics 295
Appendix:RomanRhymes 301
Bibliography 303
Index 329
