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 Satyricon
De Maria Magdalena, written in Latin about 1200, is dramatic work that can enrich understanding of the history of Christian drama. … Read the post De Maria Magdalena: a drama of Mary standing and weeping
Zosimas came to understand that the Lord was revealed to Mary of Egypt, the former harlot. The Life of Mary of Egypt offers that understanding to everyone. … Read the post Life of Mary of Egypt intricately packed with Christian symbols
Mary of Egypt was a foremother to Heloise of the Paraclete in her extra-marital sexual experience, her erotic memories, and her thought on intention. … Read the post Mary of Egypt in the thought of Heloise of the Paraclete
In Decameron IX.10, Donno Gianni has four-legged-style vaginal intercourse with Gemmata while her husband, watching, interrupts to favor the ass. … Read the post metatextual irony follows Gemmata, Pietro and Donno Gianni
In addition to his prodigious corpus of scholarly work, Galen was a physician engaged with living bodies in anatomical displays and patient care. … Read the post Galen engaged in anatomical displays and patient care