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Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Never Forgotten: In Praise of Sappho, Greek Anthology 7.17

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Name :  Tullius Laurea Date :     1st century BCE Region :    Italy Citation :     Greek Anthology 7.17 Stranger, as you pass by this Aeolia...
Saturday, July 2, 2022

Born this Way: Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos / Almagest 3.14

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NOTE: Although this passage uses binary thinking, conflates gender and sexuality, and often uses offensive stereotypes, it is nevertheless a...
Friday, July 1, 2022

W/W: A Bittersweet Farewell, Sappho fr. 94

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A Bittersweet Farewell Name : Sappho Date :   d. 570 BCE Region :   Lesbos [modern Greece] Citation :    Fragment 94 ...
Sunday, June 26, 2022

The Tomb of Hyacinthos: Pausanias, Desc. Graec. 3.19

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Name :  Pausanias Date :        110 – 180 CE Region:     Lydia [modern Turkey] Citation :      Description of Greece 3.19 ...
Saturday, June 25, 2022

Arethusa, an ace nymph; Pausanias, Desc. Graec. 5.7.2

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Name :  Pausanias Date :        110 – 180 CE Region:     Lydia [modern Turkey] Citation :      Description of Greece 5.7.2 ...

Trans Ally and Momma Bear, Callimachus, Greek Anthology 7.728

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Trans Ally and Momma Bear Name : Callimachus Date :      305 – 240 BCE Region :    Cyrene [modern Libya] Citation :     G...

RIP: Too Young to be a Bride: Greek Anthology 7.604

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Name :  Paul the Silentiary Date :     6th century CE Region : Constantinople [Istanbul, modern Turkey] Citation : Greek ...