Luxuria and homosexuality in Suetonius, Augustine, and Aquinas

Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides

doi:10.1484/J.TMJ.5.108523

Luxuria and homosexuality in Suetonius, Augustine, and Aquinas

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The article discusses Suetonius and the Stoics as two independent yet converging paradigms which shaped notions of morality and vice in late antiquity and influenced Augustine and his understanding of the vitium sodomiticum as luxury. Aquinas followed his definition with the implication that on this occasion he parted ways with his usual Aristotelian model, which appears much more lenient in discussing the vice of homosexuality.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-32
Number of pages	32
Journal	The Medieval Journal
Volume	5
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1484/J.TMJ.5.108523
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Suetonius
Augustine
Aquinas
homosexuality
luxuria

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Luxuria and homosexuality in Suetonius, Augustine, and Aquinas

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