LGBT Meets SPQR

LGBT Meets SPQR is a collection of authentic Greek and Latin texts that explore gender and LGBTQIA+ topics in ancient Greece and Rome.

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Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Freeing A Friend: Phaedo of Elis, Aulius Gellius 2.18.1-5

Name : Aulus Gellius Date : 125 – 180 CE Region : Rome [modern Italy] Citation : Athenian Nights 2.18.1-5 Socrat...

Saturday, June 4, 2022

Servitium Amoris in Literature vs. Reality

One of the popular themes in love poetry is servitium amoris , literally "being enslaved to love," i.e., a poet's willingness ...

Daphne's Escape: Pseudo-Palaephatus XLIX

Ladon’s Tale Mother Earth manifested herself into a body to mate with the river Ladon; she conceived from this union and gave birth to Dap...

Sunday, May 29, 2022

W/W: Together in the Tomb, CIL 6.18524

Just Two Roommates Holding Hands Name : Unknown Date : 1st century BCE Region : Unknown Citation: CIL 6.18524 ...

M/M: Apollo and Hyacinthos, Pseudo Palaephatus, Peri Apiston 46

Hyacinth was a beautiful and noble youth from Amyclae. Both Apollo and Zephyr saw him and were smitten by his beauty; both competed to win...

Friday, May 27, 2022

Palaephatus on the "Impossible" Myth of Caeneus, Peri Apiston XI

It is important to note that Palaephatus does not challenge Caeneus' gender, only his invulnerability. They say that Caeneus was invuln...

Saturday, May 21, 2022

W/W: Double Harness, Sappho fr. 213

Name : Sappho Date : d. 570 BCE Region : Lesbos [modern Greece] Citation : Fragment 213 One of the most powerful sy...

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