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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

Virgil

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

shun Danaids, reject violence against men, and relearn the Aeneid

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: cuius contrarium

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

Teodoro sets men free and returns them home happily

Boccaccio’s Decameron tells the epic history of Teodoro. Men will be freed from brutal captivity and will live long, happy lives in love with women. … Read the post Teodoro sets men free and returns them home happily

Pamphilus: teaching men abasement, labor, and violence

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

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