In 2005 the discovery of an unknown poem by classical Greek poet Sappho was announced, and scholars have swarmed the rare find since. A panel session was devoted to the poem at the January 2007 annual
This collection of essays seeks to establish Roman constructions of sexuality and gender difference as a distinct area of research, complementing work already done on Greece to give a fuller picture o
As described in the introductory essay, scholarship on gender and sexuality is a particularly strong aspect of the burgeoning interest in ancient prose fiction. This volume presents 14 essays original
