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Saturday, December 31, 2022

W/W: Beloved by the Nymphs: Dryope, Antoninus Liberalis Met. 32

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Name :  Antoninus Liberalis Date :  2nd – 3rd century CE Region :  Unknown Citation :    Metamorphoses 32 Unlike si...
Saturday, December 24, 2022

M/M: Two Hearts Melting into One, Synesius 152

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A Christian Author Using Plato’s Myth of Soulmates Name :   Synesius of Cyrene Date :   373 – 414 CE Region :   Cyrene [mode...
Saturday, December 17, 2022

M/M: Standing Up For Love In the Face of Violence: Eurybatos & Alcyoneus, Antoninus Liberalis Metamorphoses 8

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Eurybatus, Standing Up For What’s Right Name :  Antoninus Liberalis Date :  2nd – 3rd century CE Region :  Unknown Citatio...
Saturday, December 3, 2022

The Life and Death of Hypatia: Socrates Scholasticus Historia Ecc. 7.15

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There was a certain woman in Alexandria named Hypatia, who was the daughter of the philosopher Theon. She attained such wisdom that she comp...
Sunday, November 27, 2022

Christianizing the Myth of Achilles & Patroclus: Synesius to His Friend Troilus, Ep. 123

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Name :   Synesius of Cyrene Date :   373 – 414 CE Region :   Cyrene [modern Libya] Citation :     Letter 123   Roman ...
Friday, November 25, 2022

Remembered in the Stars: Antinous, Caelum Astronomico-poeticum, 179-180

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ANTINOUS: Hadrian’s Boyfriend / Hadrian’s Lover / Bythinian Lad / New Egyptian God / (Others think it’s Ganymede, the Trojan Lad, The Trojan...
Saturday, November 19, 2022

Remembered Among the Flowers: Claudian, De Raptu Proserpinae 2.128-136

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Name :  Claudian Date :   370 – 404 CE  Region :    Alexandria [modern Egypt] Citation : The Abduction of Proserpina, 2.128...