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Thursday, 26 June 2014

ARTICLE ON ANDREW CALIMACH'S GENDER STUDIES DISCOURSE

The Exquisite Corpse of Ganymede: A Cursory Overview of an Ancient Gender Studies Discourse by Andrew Calimach
Reviewed by Sandra Scholes

Those interested in the ancient Greek myths remember the tale of Apollo and Hyacinthus, others may recall Hermes and Krokus, (which is a variation on Apollo and Hyacinthus), Dionysus and Ampelos and Poseidon and Pelops. This gender studies overview serves to enlighten us of one of the most intriguing gay male couples in history; Zeus and Ganymede but what was the real meaning behind the myth and the Greek people's view of the gods?.