Eva Cantarella (born 1936) is an Italian

classicist Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek literature, Ancient Greek and Roman literature and ...

. She is professor of

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and

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at the

University of Milan The University of Milan (; ), officially abbreviated as UNIMI, or colloquially referred to as La Statale ("the State niversity), is a public university, public research university in Milan, Italy. It is one of the largest universities in Eu ...

, and has served as Dean of the Law School at the

University of Camerino The University of Camerino () is a university located in Camerino, Italy. It is the best university of Italy among those with fewer than 10,000 students, according to the Guida Censis Repubblica 2011 and 2012 ranking. It claims to have been foun ...

Biography

Cantarella is known for examining ancient law by relating it to modern legal issues through law and society perspective. She has researched subjects involving the legal and social

history of sexuality ''The History of Sexuality'' () is a four-volume study of sexuality in the Western world by the French historian and philosopher Michel Foucault, in which the author examines the emergence of "sexuality" as a discursive object and separate spher ...

, women's conditions,

criminal law Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime. It proscribes conduct perceived as threatening, harmful, or otherwise endangering to the property, health, safety, and Well-being, welfare of people inclusive of one's self. Most criminal l ...

and

capital punishment Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct. The sentence (law), sentence ordering that an offender b ...

. She has written many books, which have been translated into several languages, including English,

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and

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. Cantarella is also editor of ''Dike - International Journal of Greek Law'' and a member of several editorial boards such as ''Apollo - Bollettino dei Musei provinciali del Salernitano''; ''Dioniso''; ''Crime, Histoire et Societés''; ''Revista des estudios latinos''; and ''CADMO - Revista de História Antiga'' (University of Lisbon). Cantarella has been professor of Roman law and ancient Greek law at the University of Milan, Italy. She has been dean of the Law School of the University of Camerino. She has also taught and given lectures at many universities in Europe and the United States. She has been appointed Global Professor at

New York University School of Law The New York University School of Law (NYU Law) is the law school of New York University, a private research university in New York City. Established in 1835, it was the first law school established in New York City and is the oldest survivin ...

. Cantarella has argued that penetration was normal in ancient Greek pederasty.

Keith Windschuttle Keith Windschuttle (1942 – 8 April 2025) was an Australian historian. He was appointed to the board of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 2006 to 2011. He was editor of '' Quadrant'' from 2007 to 2015 when he became chair of the bo ...

, 'The Remains of the Gay', in '' The Australian's Review of Books'', September 1998

Awards and honours

* Grand Officer of the

Order of Merit of the Italian Republic The Order of Merit of the Italian Republic () is the most senior Italian order of merit. It was established in 1951 by the second President of Italy, President of the Italian Republic, Luigi Einaudi. The highest-ranking honour of the Republi ...

- 2 July 2002 * Premio Bagutta - 2003 *

Premio Hemingway The Premio Hemingway ( Hemingway Prize) is an international art award established by the municipality of Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy in 1984. Lignano, situated on a small peninsula between Venice and Trieste is a place where Ernest Hemingway spent m ...

- 2019

Bibliography

Books in English

*With

Andrew Lear Andrew Lear (born December 21, 1958) is an American author, Classicist, historian of gender and sexuality, and public historian. His academic research focuses on concepts of gender and sexuality in ancient Greek poetry and art. His book on male-m ...

, ''Images of Ancient Greek Pederasty: Boys Were Their Gods'' (London: Routledge), 2008. *''Pandora's Daughters: The Role and Status of Women in Greek and Roman Antiquity'' (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1987; 2nd Printing, hardcover and paperback 1989; 4th printing 1993. *''Bisexuality in the Ancient World'' (New Haven: Yale University Press), 1992, reprinted 1993; first paperback edition 1994; trade paperback edition 2002. *With Luciana Jacobelli, ''A Day in Pompeii: Daily Life, Culture and Society'' (Naples: Electa), 2004.

Authored books

*''La fideiussione reciproca. Allellegue e mutua fideiussio'' (Milan: Giuffrè), 1965. * ''Studi sull'omicidio in diritto greco e romano'' (Milan: Giuffrè), 1976. * ''Norma e sanzione in Omero'' (Milan: Giuffrè), 1979. * ''L'ambiguo malanno. Condizione e immagine della donna nell' antichità greca e romana'' (Rome: Editori Riuniti), 1981 (2nd edition 1985, 3rd edition Einaudi 1995); Spanish translation ''La calamidad ambigua'' (Madrid: Ediciones Clasicas), 1991; Greek translation ''Oi gynaikes tes archaias Elladas'' (Athens: Papademas), 1998. * ''Tacita Muta. Le donne nella città antica'' (Rome: Editori Riuniti), 1985. * ''Secondo natura. La bisessualità nel mondo antico'' (Rome: Editori Riuniti), 1988 (2nd expanded and updated edition Milan, Rizzoli, 1995); French translation ''Selon la nature, l' usage et la loi. La bisexualité dans le monde antique'' (Paris: Éditions La Découverte), 1991; Spanish translation ''Segun la natura. La bisexualidad en el mundo antiguo'' (Madrid: Akal Universitaria), 1991. * ''Le donne e la città'' (Como: New Press Edizioni), 1990. * ''I supplizi capitali in Grecia e a Roma'' (Milan: Rizzoli), 1991; French translation: ''Les supplices capitaux en Grece at à Rome'' (Paris, Albin Michel), 2000. * ''Passato prossimo. Donne romane da Tacita a Sulpicia'', Milano, Feltrinelli, 1996; Spanish translation ''Pasado proximo, Mujeres romanas de Tacita a Sulpicia'' (Valencia: Editiones Catedra), 1998. * ''El peso de Roma en la cultura europea'' (Madrid: Ediciones Akal), 1996. * ''Phonos, Antologia di oratori attici sull’omicidio'' (Milan: Mursia), 1989. * ''Pompei: I volti dell’amore'' (Milan: Mondadori), 1998; German translation ''Pompeji: Liebe und Erotik in einer römischen Stadt'' (Berlin: Theiss), 1999; French translation ''Pompéi: les visages de l’amour'' (Paris: Albin Michel), 1999. * ''Un giorno a Pompei. Vita quotidiana, cultura, società'' (with L. Jacobelli) (Naples: Electa), 1999. * ''Itaca, Eroi, donne, potere tra vendetta e diritto'' (Milan: Feltrinelli), 2002; French translation ''Ithaque. De la vengeance d’Ulysse à la naissance di droi'' (Paris: Albin Michel), 2002. * ''L’amore è un dio'' (Milan: Feltrinelli), 2007. * ''Il ritorno della vendetta'' (Milan: Rizzoli), 2007.

References

External links

Articles *
The Love that Dared to Speak its Name
by Jasper Griffin, ''The New York Reviews of Books''. *
Bisexuality in the Ancient World
, response by Eva Cantarella, ''The New York Reviews of Books''. Courses
From Roman to Modern Law: Family, Abortion, Homosexuality and Capital Punishment

Sexuality, Voice, and Resistance
(co-taught with David Richards and Carol Gilligan)
Capital Punishment in Classical Antiquity
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