Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso), eminent Latin poet, is known for sparkling works on myth and love. He lived from 43 BGC to about 17 GC.
Mutilation of herms in ancient Athens exemplifies violence against men’s genitals. It’s echoed in enduring myths about Actaeon, Tiresias, and Adonis. … Read the post mutilation of herms in context of Actaeon, Tiresias & masturbation
In her “Brothers Poem,” Sappho loved her brothers Charaxos and Larichos beyond masculine gender roles of merchant-trader and Iliadic warrior. … Read the post Sappho’s gender-defying love for her brothers Charaxos & Larichos
Ovid’s Fasti tells of Silenus’s ass braying to prevent Priapus from raping Lotis or Vesta. Ovid mocks myths supporting brutally unjust penal systems. … Read the post penal systems: Ovid on Silenus’s ass braying at Priapus
As a medieval man learned only late, men should seek the true god of love to overcome the war on men. … Read the post god of love advised medieval victim of war on men
Radegund’s learned letter-poem De excidio Thoringiae expresses ardent love for Amalfred with Jerome’s sense of men’s disadvantaged gender position. … Read the post Radegund of Thuringia loved Amalfred in Jerome’s way