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Saturday, January 28, 2023

Twice A Man: The Story of Hippolytus and Virbius, Serv. In Aen. 7.761

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Name : Servius Date: 4th – 5th century CE Region: [modern Italy] Citation :   Commentary on the Aeneid, 7.761 And V...
Friday, January 20, 2023

M/M: Achilles Mourns Patroclus; Dictys Cretensis 3.14

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Achilles Mourns Patroclus Name :  Dictys Cretensis Date :   1st – 4th century CE Region :   Crete [?] [modern Greece] Citat...
Friday, January 13, 2023

Pelopidas, the Leader of the Sacred Band of Thebes: Cornelius Nepos Pelopidas 4

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Throughout this turbulent time period, Epaminondas spent his time at home away from the political drama, so the honor of being the liberator...
Saturday, January 7, 2023

Paternity isn't Patriotism: I Do Not Owe the State Children, Nepos, Epaminondas 10.1-2

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[Epaminondas] never got married. When Pelopidas criticized him for not having children, he reproached Pelopidas back for having a son with a...
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...