This helped me get an A* in my Love and Relationships module of Classics A-level --> describes all their different views (Plato, Seneca, Sappho, Ovid) in a clear table, comparisons of their opinions + comparison of greece vs rome
MEN & WOMEN MARRIAGE SEX LOVE DESIRE HOMOEROTIC RELATIONSHIPS
SAPPHO Men are not usually the When Sappho writes an Sex is the subject of Sappho writes about Sappho writes about the pain Sappho writes mostly about
focus of Sappho’s poems; epithalamion, it shows some of Sappho’s the pain that is of desire and longing, gives homoerotic relationships.
they feature when Sappho marriage to be a celebration poetry, sometimes in a brought by love physical descriptions of
writes epithalamion and a joyful occasion. humorous context (Honestly I want to die desire as painful and Sappho could be writing about
(wedding poems). Sappho However, through her other (Raise the roof! -Loeb 94) overpowering. (he is as homoerotic relationships with
usually has women as the poems Sappho shows regret 111) blessed as a god 31) girls before they were married.
around marriage as it is when Sex is a theme in love portrayed as war
focus of her poetry,
a woman enters adulthood, Sappho’s poetry, but it (1, 16) Sappho represents herself as Sappho gives a representation of
mentioning women such as
potentially taking her away is usually expressed being close to Aphrodite, ally her friendship with girls. Her
Gongyla and Abanthis. from any homoerotic indirectly (31, 96, 110, Love being all to assist her (goddess of poems show these girls learning
relationships. 111) consuming – desire) about desire and falling in and
Sappho also writes, distracting (102 47, out of love and relationships
warning young girls 31, ) being brought to an end by
about losing their marriage. (22, 49)
virginity (105a- sweet
red apple, 105c - There is no sense of shame in
hyacinth) these homoerotic relationships
as they are described in poems
intended for public audience.
OVID Portrays them as having a Heavily denounces marriage Sex is the goal in the The art of love is Desire is a weapon which can be Ovid is unconcerned with
war against each other and encourages his girls to game of love a skill that can be used against the opposite sex in homoerotic relationships – not
avoid it taught the war of love mentioned at all in his book
Tells his girls to arm Sex is purely
themselves in “It’s time to Sees it as boring, as he recreational – teaching Once the girls It is the driving force behind our Only teaches girls how to seduce
teach you girls” --> because favours adultery and having girls how to seduce for have mastered actions - something you can men, mentions heterosexual
of his divine commission, he multiple lovers in his Ars sexual affairs, not to these lessons, control and summon women and men in myths, gives
is betraying men to women Amatoria III find love they can indulge advice on how to be careful with
in all their Women should pursue what they men.
Empowering women? But “Play Cloak and dagger” Talks a lot of about sex pleasures desire using his lessons
also objectifying them as he in his poem – Only pictures a world where all
tells them how to improve Gives covert advice to the especially explicit in Erotic love rather the men and women are
their looks --> portrays married, respectable women the last section “And so than romantic overcome with lust for the
women as dangerous and on how to get away from to bed” - catalogue of love --> physical opposite sex.
adulteresses and objects of their husbands (“Use Jealousy sexual positions instead of
lust and Fear”) spiritual
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