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.
Comparing Ovid’s Loves {Amores} 2.15 to a twelfth-century recasting of it, The Flea {De pulice} shows fearful effects of criminalizing men loving women. … Read the post De pulice: women can sleep either with fleas or with men
Jason’s letter to Hypsipyle, responding to Ovid’s Heroides 6 and his new mistress Medea, has finally been found. Men’s voices will be heard! … Read the post Jason to Hypsipyle, crazy stalker from the androcidal Lemnian women
Missing from Ovid’s Heroides, the return letter from Lynceus to Hypermnestra has been found. Laments of wronged men finally get a voice. … Read the post Lynceus to virgin Hypermnestra, whose sisters murdered his brothers
Encouraging men to cry is necessary to advance gender equality. Study of Ovid and other ancient Latin literature can help. … Read the post Ovid teaching men to cry vital to achieving gender equality
Ovid, the great teacher of love in medieval Europe, came to be castrated and called a misogynist because the great goddess Cybele got angry with him. … Read the post Ovid castrated & called misogynist for defying goddess Cybele