LESBIANTIQUITY

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  • Thank You and Goodbye for Now!

    Now LESBIANTIQUITY has reached its conclusion, I wanted to send a quick note to all you subscribers to say thank you for reading along, and for all your likes and nice comments. Thank you! It’s been really encouraging 🙂 Things will be quiet here for a while now, but there…

  • LESBIANTIQUITY Issue 34: Nonnos now out!

    For our last LESBIANTIQUITY text we’re back to poetry, from Nonnos’s epic poem the Dionysiaca. The virgin goddess Artemis’s unvirginal looks and behaviour are under scrutiny! ‘Kallisto. Artemis. Aura. To Look Like a Virgin…’, with translations by Stella J. Fritzell, is now available at https://lesbiantiquity.lgbt/34-nonnos/

  • LESBIANTIQUITY Issue 33: Hephaistion now out!

    Today, it’s our final astrology text! Hephaistion is predicting tribades… ‘Tribades on the Cusp’, with translation by Ruby Ostrow, is now available at https://lesbiantiquity.lgbt/33-hephaistion/

  • LESBIANTIQUITY Issue 32: Caelius Aurelianus / Soranos now out!

    Today, our one and only medical text! Caelius Aurelianus, translating Soranos, discusses causes of and cures for homosexuality, male and female. As you might suspect, his diagnosis is not simple… ‘A Disease of the Mind’, with translation by Nick Winters, is now available at https://lesbiantiquity.lgbt/32-caelius-aurelianus-soranos/

  • LESBIANTIQUITY Issue 31: Hermes Trismegistus now out!

    Today: prostitutes, concubines, crissatrixes, and fricatrixes predicted by Hermes Trismegistus! ‘She’ll Be Loved by a Fricatrix’, with translations by Rachel Hart, is now available at https://lesbiantiquity.lgbt/31-hermes-trismegistus/

  • LESBIANTIQUITY Issue 30: Manetho now out!

    Manetho is here to tell us what (terribly transgressive) things happen… ‘When a Woman’s Stars Are in Masculine Places’, with translations by Ruby Ostrow, is now available at https://lesbiantiquity.lgbt/30-manetho/

  • LESBIANTIQUITY Issue 29: Firmicus Maternus now out!

    When the stars combine to make a virago, what might she then get up to? Find out from Firmicus Maternus! ‘Star Sign – Virago’, with translations by Abby Blackburn, is now available at https://lesbiantiquity.lgbt/29-firmicus-maternus/

  • LESBIANTIQUITY Issue 28: Sophia now out!

    Today: our third and final female-commissioned love spell. And gosh, does Sophia go after her beloved all guns blazing! ‘Ignite Her Soul, Heart, Liver, & Breath with Love for Me’, with translation by Em Setzer, is now available at https://lesbiantiquity.lgbt/28-sophia/

  • LESBIANTIQUITY news

    For any francophone subscribers (or your francophone friends)! Sandra Boehringer’s original French preface to the anthology, plus a short introduction in French by me, has just been published by the journal Frontière.s: https://journals.openedition.org/frontieres/2358

  • LESBIANTIQUITY Issue 27: Artemidoros now out!

    Just what does a lesbian sex dream mean for your future? Find out from Artemidoros! ‘Women Who Dream of Women’, with translation by Diana Molkova, is now available at https://lesbiantiquity.lgbt/27-artemidoros/