Addressing the matter of Troy, the 9th-century Byzantine hymnist Kassia utterly re-figured the relation of women to God in classical culture. … Read the post Kassia redeemed classical culture with repentance of fallen woman
Guido delle Colonne’s 13th-century Historia Destructionis Troiae indicates that men’s lack of sexual entitlement fundamentally caused the Trojan War. … Read the post Guido delle Colonne described fundamental causes of the Trojan War
In 12th-century Byzantium, Tzetzes allegorized Achilles in women’s clothing among spindles as maternal love contrasted with violence against men. … Read the post Achilles in women’s clothing: Tzetzes’s allegorical interpretation
Addressing Alexander the Great and Thalestris, the medieval Latin epic Alexandreis finally provided a humane solution to the problem of men-hating Amazons. … Read the post Alexandreis solved ancient, poetic problem of men-hating Amazons
Troilus in Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde, Boccaccio’s Il Filostrato & Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida: comparative analysis of death-seeking. … Read the post Troilus’s death-seeking: Chaucer vs. Boccaccio & Shakespeare