understanding the economics of time and attention, which are the ultimate scarce goods
Ancient Greek epitaphs preserving words of Herais and Sozemene for their husbands show the long history of women’s love for men. … Read the post ancient Greek epitaphs: Herais & Sozomene for their husbands
Dafydd ap Gwilym’s penis poem from 14th-century Wales recognizes legal suppression and social disparagement. That contrasts with the vagina’s status. … Read the post Dafydd ap Gwilym's penis under law in medieval Welsh poetry
Rather than merely tutoring him in statecraft, Dhuoda gave to her son William a way of being: a text for success in this world and the world to come. … Read the post from Dhuoda to her son William: loving touch in text
The learned and compassionate nun Hrotsvit of Gandersheim, with appreciation for Ovid, instructed men in the ways of love with her play Calimachus. … Read the post Calimachus: Ovidian teaching for sexually desperate men
In the Satyricon, the crowd applauded with a shower of stones Eumolpus’ epic poem on the fall of Troy. … Read the post Eumolpus pelted for reciting poetry in the Satyricon