# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Dr Jean Menzies APHRODISIA with Mara Gold
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 27 Oct, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Tue, 27 Oct, 2026 at 06:30 pm (+00:00)
- **Event Description**: In 'Aphrodisia', Dr Jean Menzies dives into the hidden history of women's sexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome.About this EventAphrodisiaWas Ovid a surprising champion of women's sexual pleasure? Or did he just want them to fake it? Where did the British Museum curators hide the most pornographic of frescoes? And what exactly was the phallic wooden object excavated in 90's Northumberland?In Aphrodisia, Dr Jean Menzies dives into the hidden history of women's sexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome. The classical world stretched across the Mediterranean for more than a millennium, its people and cultures wide and varied and its sexual proclivities equally so. Yet so often when we read about sex in antiquity it is about the men folk first and foremost: which brothels they were visiting, how they balanced wives and lovers, and what they got up to in the gymnasium. Delving into the literature, art and artefacts of the ancient world, from sex toys to seduction tips to kink, Dr Jean Menzies instead centres women and their desire. In doing so, she uncovers the many faces of women's sexuality over the course of thousands of years, and asks intriguing, and sometimes provocative questions about women, sex and desire today.Dr Jean MenziesDr Jean Menzies is an author and presenter. In 2020 she won the BAMB Breakthrough Author award for her first book, Greek Myths: Meet the heroes, gods, and monsters of ancient Greece and she is also the author of adult fantasy novel, The Flames of Albiyon, published in 2021. She has a PhD in ancient history with a specialism in the history of women in Classical Greece. She also produces the podcast That's Ancient History.Mara GoldMara works on women's classical reception and scholarship in the late 19th/early 20th century in relation to modern concepts of gender, sexuality and feminism. She is interested in the role of Ancient Greek themes and homosociality in women's culture (particularly academic and literary) as well as in the development of queer identities, with a focus on queer temporality, Sappho worship and longing for Lesbos.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/oxford/dr-jean-menzies-aphrodisia-with-mara-gold/100001991475359409
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, womens-history-month, workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0
- **Event Highlights**: 
  - Duration: 1 hour
  - Location: Blackwell's Bookshop
  - Languages: English

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 6, max: 20, currency: GBP

## Event venue details

- **city**: Oxford
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Blackwell's Bookshop
- **lat**: 51.7546524
- **long**: -1.2555315
- **full address**: Blackwell's Bookshop, 48-51 Broad Street, Oxford, United Kingdom

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- **Q**: When and where is Dr Jean Menzies APHRODISIA with Mara Gold being held?
  - **A:** Dr Jean Menzies APHRODISIA with Mara Gold takes place on Tue, 27 Oct, 2026 at 05:30 pm to Tue, 27 Oct, 2026 at 06:30 pm at Blackwell's Bookshop, 48-51 Broad Street, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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  - **A:** Dr Jean Menzies APHRODISIA with Mara Gold is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Oxford, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Dr Jean Menzies APHRODISIA with Mara Gold sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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