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Sunday, January 26, 2020

Challenging Gender Roles: Maecenas, Velleius Paterculus Hist.2.88.2

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Maecenas, Living Life Out Loud Name : Velleius Paterculus Date : 19 BCE – 31 CE Region : [modern Italy]   Citation :  R...
Saturday, January 18, 2020

What's In A Name? A Relationship Glossary

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When reading Latin love poetry, remember that  puella  means “girlfriend” and not “girl,” and  puer  means “boyfriend” and not “boy.”  Textu...

Just Say No: Britomartis, Antoninus Liberalis, Met. 40

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Name :  Antoninus Liberalis Date :  2nd – 3rd century CE Region :  Unknown Citation :    Metamorphoses 40 Agenor'...

W/W: Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty: Galinthias, Antoninus Liberalis, Metam. 29

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Name :  Antoninus Liberalis Date :  2nd – 3rd century CE Region :  Unknown Citation :    Metamorphoses 29 The Theban ...
Saturday, January 11, 2020

M/M: Call Me By Your Name: Alexander the Great and Hephaestion, Quintus Curtius Rufus, Hist. Alex. 3.12.15-17

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Call Me By Your Name: Alexander the Great and Hephaestion Name :  Quintus Curtius Rufus Date :  1st Century CE Region :   Un...
Saturday, January 4, 2020

For Love of a. . . Sappho, fr. 102

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Name : Sappho Date : d. 570 BCE Region : Lesbos [modern Greece] Citation : Fragment 102 Sweet mother, I can no long...

A Marble Hermaphroditus: Martial, Epigr. 14.174

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Name : Martial Date : c. 40 – 100 CE Region : Bilbilis, Hispania [modern Spain] Citation : Epigrams 14.174 He en...