About 460 BGC, women replaced men in Pyrrhic war dance on Athenian pottery. Xenophon recognized this democratic development merely imagined gender equality. … Read the post Greek women warriors danced Pyrrhic victory for gender equality
Herodotus’s still-relevant story of Hippocleides among competing suitors of Agariste stunningly protests against tyrant-ruler Cleisthenes devaluing men. … Read the post Hippocleides doesn’t care: great moment of men’s sexed protest
When old men dance, even drunkenly dance for Dionysus according to Plato’s Laws, all is as well as humanly possible. … Read the post honoring Dionysus: classical appreciation for old men dancing
Amid Iliadic war dance and violence against men, men amazed in dancing for pleasure. Overturning gender, men dancing pleasurably affirms men’s human being. … Read the post men dancing for war and pleasure in ancient Greek poetry
In her “Brothers Poem,” Sappho loved her brothers Charaxos and Larichos beyond masculine gender roles of merchant-trader and Iliadic warrior. … Read the post Sappho’s gender-defying love for her brothers Charaxos & Larichos