Tag: Latin

Junia and the Destructive Power of Sexism and Bias

April 2, 2021

In this article we witness the power of bias and sexism. We explore the power that it has to literally erase women from the historical record. This article is also about hope however, as we see scholars fighting to bring back the lost woman Junia. As well as raising arms in the defense of her fellow women to protect them from the same fate. … More Junia and the Destructive Power of Sexism and Bias

Sulpicia I

March 26, 2017

  Context for Sulpicia Sulpicia is the only female poet from Ancient Rome whose work still survives today. Her six love elegies were published with the work of Albius Tibullus in his Tibullian Corpus. Sulpicia’s poems have received critical attention from many scholars within the last five centuries as the poem’s authorship and literary credibility … More Sulpicia I