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Highlights

  • Abelard castrated
  • Byzantine wife saves husband
  • Amphitryon & Geta duped
  • Chastelaine de Vergi tragedy
  • Aristotle’s advice to Alexander
  • Empress Theodora: woman leader
  • Tristan & Isuet
  • Xanthippe & Socrates
  • New Modern Sexism Scale

Odyssey

not Penelope: sailor’s wife claims God provided him with a son

A medieval sailor much simpler than Odysseus didn’t understand that not all women are like Penelope. He desperately needed God’s help. … Read the post not Penelope: sailor’s wife claims God provided him with a son

Homer effaced Palamedes to heroize word-twisting Odysseus

The Byzantine scholar John Tzetzes’ Allegories of the Iliad is vital for recovering Homer’s effaced figure of Palamedes, a hero unlike Odysseus. … Read the post Homer effaced Palamedes to heroize word-twisting Odysseus

Menelaus ordered forgetfulness in response to Helen’s betrayal & lies

The ancient Greek king Menelaus foolishly endorsed forgetfulness about the many men who were killed as a result of Helen’s betrayal & the Trojan War. … Read the post Menelaus ordered forgetfulness in response to Helen’s betrayal & lies

counter nostos: wonder of men willing to marry in ancient Greece

The archaic Greek poet Archilochus may have written a lengthy satirical challenge to marriage and the nostos of Homer’s Odyssey. … Read the post counter nostos: wonder of men willing to marry in ancient Greece

Plutarch’s Gryllus proves “men are pigs” is a virtuous ideal

Plutarch’s Gryllus makes clear that men must become pigs if human societies are to achieve a virtuous ideal of gender equality. … Read the post Plutarch’s Gryllus proves “men are pigs” is a virtuous ideal

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