You know the place: then Leave Crete and come to us waiting where the grove is pleasantest, by precincts sacred to you; incense smokes on the altar, cold streams murmur through the apple branch… more →
The Mystics Dreammicamaldita wrote 1 day ago: “He is dying, Cytherea, your tender Adonis, What should we do? Beat your breasts, girls, tear … more →
shiftingbeauty wrote 4 days ago: Sleight of hand and the Spell was cast…Legerdemain! And I was left enchanted by the touch Fro … more →
lornasass wrote 1 month ago: According to Taylor’s Pocket Guide to Old-Fashioned Roses, these posies have a long history go … more →
pieceofpie wrote 1 month ago: one single impression 66: denouement photo:takomabibelot, flickr unable to see tragedy blocks the b … more →
kvond wrote 1 month ago: Eros the Crawler Reading over at Fido the Yak, “A Continuous Stream of Emerging Pattern … more →
g2mw wrote 1 month ago: Sandwich Guru: “Lesbian’s support Freedom of Choice in Sandwich Selection!” The word “l … more →
mjjhoskin wrote 1 month ago: Yesterday I finished the Reading List Exams for U of T’s MA in Classics. This was the conclus … more →
doctoromed wrote 1 month ago: Fragments are often more tantalizing and evocative than an entire work. Many ruins look better blea … more →
g2mw wrote 1 month ago: Lesbians support Freedom of Choice in Sandwich Selection! The word “lesbian” is deriv … more →
Stuff Queer People Need To Know wrote 1 month ago: Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas. Photo from Google Images (YepYep.Gibbs12.com). Fergie, a singer f … more →
Billy wrote 2 months ago: Another odd fragment from my notebook:- Essentially the plot runs a little like something like this: … more →
Sebastian wrote 2 months ago: Ilya Zomb, The Moon's Maid, ©1987, 32x32in / 80x80cm Oil on canvas Then in my bosom my heart wi … more →
thisfrenzy wrote 3 months ago: Sappho May you sleep on your tender girlfriend’s breasts … more →
thisfrenzy wrote 3 months ago: Sappho Leave Kriti and come here to this holy temple with your graceful grove of apple trees and alt … more →
thisfrenzy wrote 3 months ago: again, from Barnstone’s intro to his Sappho translations, all things for me to consider as I … more →
thisfrenzy wrote 3 months ago: I’ve never been able to stand most love poetry (or most love songs, for that matter). Too muc … more →
thisfrenzy wrote 3 months ago: from Willis Barnstone’s introduction to his translation of Sappho While the ancient Alexandria … more →
thisfrenzy wrote 3 months ago: you can always borrow this, from Apuleius’ Apology, written about Sappho: She was a woman of L … more →
thisfrenzy wrote 3 months ago: quotations from various ancient sources about Sappho, as listed in Willis Barnstone’s translat … more →