By Gregory Nagy How the first word in Song 1 of Sappho is relevant to her reception in the ancient world—and to various different ways of thinking about the Greek word hetairā Read more
By Gregory Nagy The theo-eroticism of mythmaking about Aphrodite’s love for boys like Adonis Read more
By Gregory Nagy About Aphrodite’s birds and her magical flowers in Song 1 of Sappho and elsewhere Read more
By Gregory Nagy Back and forth from general to special kinds of erotic love, further variations on a theme of love-on-wings in Song 1 of Sappho and elsewhere Read more
Guest Post Textiles and Cinders: Reconstructing the Process of Washing with Cinders in South and Central Italy in the 20th century CE* | Appendix to the MASt@CHS – Fall Seminar 2020 report Read more
Guest Post MASt@CHS – Fall Seminar 2020 (Friday, November 6): Summaries of Presentations and Discussion Read more
By Gregory Nagy From the heavenly to the earthy and back, variations on a theme of love-on-wings in Song 1 of Sappho and elsewhere Read more
By Gregory Nagy Some rose-colored visions of the dancing dawn goddess in the painterly art of Sappho and beyond Read more
By Gregory Nagy Thinking of further desiderata while tracing the reception of Sappho in the ancient world Read more
By Gregory Nagy Thinking of desiderata while tracing the reception of Sappho in the ancient world Read more
