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Podcast: The Exploress
Episode: Sappho & Sexuality in Ancient Greece
Description: Episode 2, Episode 8. When it comes to the words that made it through time to us, ancient Greece is particularly loud with men's voices. But if you listen, you can hear one woman through the crowd—we still hear her today. Heralded as a genius in her time, Sappho was called "The Poetess" and "The Tenth Muse." People made coins with her face on them and created honorary statues of her all over Greece. In our century, she's heralded as one of the earliest same-sex love advocates, boldly writing about lesbian desire. Who was this mysterious woman poet? What did it...