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Today is International Lesbian Day! We are going to try to answer a seemingly simple question: What is Sapphic Love? The question is surprisingly difficult to answer. Sappho's love for other women is the stuff of legend, but it is not the entire picture. Sappho experiences intense love for her brother Charaxos. Their relationship may be a bit stormy, but she always expresses concern and deep passion for her family. She expresses a profound love for her daughter, connecting Cleis with Sappho, ...
1 Oct 2026
LGBT History Month Introduction
October is LGBT History Month, and this is an LGBT History Podcast! Join us all month long for specials covering Queer events and people from Antiquity. Our tentative schedule: October 1 - Introduction October 8 - What is Sapphic Love? October 15 - Senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus October 21 - Pronouns and Terms of Sexuality in Antiquity October 31 - Halloween Special
28 Sept 2026
Phanes the Agender
Phanes was the first born of all the Gods. This was a chaotic period, where nothing had been established or delineated from anything else. Chimeric creatures represented multiple bodies and forms in the same body. This is true of Phanes. Phanes is represented in a human form with great wings coming out the back, the heads of various animals protruding out of the chest and sides, and a great serpent coiled around their whole body. They are also represented with multiple gendered natures....
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