As the medieval Comoedia Lydiae indicates, the mocking stork gesture in Persius 1.58 ridicules, with literary sophistication, male heterosexual failure. … Read the post mocking stork gesture in Persius & Comoedia Lydiae (Lidia)
In Decameron 7.9, Lidia abuses her husband and has sex with her household servant Pirro. Men must recognize truth and adapt to women’s dominance. … Read the post Pirro learned from Lidia in Decameron 7.9
Pamphilus and its amplification in Juan Ruiz’s Libro de Buen Amor describe men’s wounds, abasement, labor, and failure to achieve true love. … Read the post Pamphilus: teaching men abasement, labor, and violence