The Judgment of Paris shows that when women get naked, competition among them for men’s favor resolves more quickly. More clothes means broader competition. … Read the post Judgment of Paris teaches economics of female sexual competition
Calypso rapes Odysseus in the Odyssey. That’s no more symbolically unusual than brutalizing men’s sexuality. A Homeric cento created a different voice. … Read the post Homeric cento subtly reverses gender to refigure men’s sexuality
Helen of Troy eloped with Paris & cuckolded her husband Menelaus. Sexually experienced under gynocentrism, their adultery was unfulfilling & disastrous. … Read the post traditional thoughts: adultery with Helen of Troy barren & devastating
Drawing upon Homer, Hesiod, and Herodotus, Byzantine classicist John Tzetzes mocked a man for desiring Paionic daughters for their asses rather than their work. … Read the post Tzetzes mocked man oblivious to need for gender equality in sex & work
Chiron was a good foster-father to Achilles until his mother Thetis took him, but failed to saved him from the Trojan War. Fathers can learn to do better. … Read the post what foster-father Chiron failed to teach his son Achilles