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Saturday, March 7, 2020

M/M: The Myth of Cyparissus, Ovid, Meta. 10.106-142

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Name :     Ovid Date :       43 BCE – 17 CE Region :   Sulmo [modern Italy] Citation : Metamorphoses 10.106-142 A ...
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Challenging Gender Roles: Agnodice, Hyginus, Fabulae 119

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Name : Hyginus    Date :   64 BCE – 17 CE Region :   Hispania [modern Spain] / Alexandria [modern Egypt]; Rome [modern Italy...
Sunday, February 23, 2020

M/M: Achilles & Patroclus Reborn: Alexander & Hephaestion, Arrian, Anabasis Alexandri 1.12.1-2

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Name : Arrian [ Flavius Arrianus Nicomediansis ] Date : 86 - 160 CE Region : Bithynia [modern Turkey] Citation : Anabasis o...
Wednesday, February 5, 2020

W/W: Aphrodite, Be My Wingman: Sappho, Fr. 1

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Name : Sappho Date : d. 570 BCE Region : Lesbos [modern Greece] Citation : Fragment 1 Iridescent-throned goddess, O...
Sunday, February 2, 2020

The Motherless Birth of Pallas Athena: Apollodorus, Bibl.1.3.6

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Name : [Pseudo]Apollodorus Date :   1st – 2nd century CE Region :    Unknown Citation :      Library 1.3.6 Thet...
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...