All the Violet Tiaras: Queering the Greek Myths Industrial to gay marriage

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All the Violet Tiaras: Queering the Greek Myths Industrial to gay marriageAncient Greece was rich with stories of queer love and genderfluid identity but what can these ancient stories tell us about our contemporary world? Tales as old as antiquity whether the love affair of Achilles and Patroclus, the genderfluid Tiresias, or the infamous Heracles are still capturing our imaginations thousands of years later. But was antiquity's relationship with queer folk more complicated than we now imagine? Historian Jean Menzies dives