Ancient texts depict all kinds of people, not just straight and cis ones – this college course looks at LGBTQ sexuality and gender in Egypt, Greece and Rome
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course: “LGBTQ Antiquity: A View from the Mediterranean” What prompted the idea for the course? I study Greek and Latin literature and have noticed that ancient authors wrote about sex, homoerotic feelings or relations, and gender more often than we assume. A few figures from ancient Mediterranean mythology are sometimes held up as LGBTQ ancestors – such as the Greek g
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