Penelope remained faithful to Ulysses even with him away for twenty years. Under gender ideology of men as providers, Ulysses didn’t understand her love. … Read the post Penelope faithful, but Ulysses afraid to return home poor
Johannes de Hauvilla’s insightful medieval Latin satire Architrenius associated mother-prompted marriage and the girdle of Venus with castration culture. … Read the post girdle of Venus for Architrenius: the cuckold in castration culture
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
In the Aeneid, warriors wearing a golden sword-belt showing husband-killing Danaids indicates men’s delusions about violence and paternal authority. … Read the post shun Danaids, reject violence against men, and relearn the Aeneid
Medieval Latin freedom of speech subverted dominant vernacular discourse about women with the declaration cuius contrarium verum est. … Read the post medieval Latin freedom of speech: cuius contrarium