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Alas Poor Erinaceus@lemmy.ml to Books@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month ago

How a playful literary hoax illuminates Classical queerness

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How a playful literary hoax illuminates Classical queerness

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Alas Poor Erinaceus@lemmy.ml to Books@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month ago
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How a playful literary hoax illuminates Classical queerness | Aeon Essays
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A lush translation of this late-discovered lesbian poet added to the legacy of Sappho, but there was a trickster at work
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    I tried getting through that very long article, but I lost interest already in the very first few words - when reading that the originator was ostensibly one “Herr G. Heim”, which can be translated to “Mr. S. Ecret”, clearly a fake name.

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      That’s intentionally part of the article that’s explained later on in it. Part of the value of reading the whole article, or at least skimming it all.

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      They bury the lede with all the stuff about Sappho, which is cool and all, but the article doesn’t get on topic until about 1/2 way down.

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    In case anyone is interested: https://store.doverpublications.com/products/9780486477374

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    Great article!

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