Ancient and Classical

Not much is known about Homer, or if he even existed, but he is culturally conjured as a blind Greek oral poet who lived in either 9th or 8th century BCE and is considered to be the author of the epic poems...

Little is known with certainty about the life of Sappho, or Psappha in her native Aeolic dialect. She was born probably about 620 BCE to an aristocratic family on the island of Lesbos during a great cultural...

Publius Ovidius Naso, known as Ovid, was born in Sulmo, Italy, on March 20, 43 BCE. Considered one of the most influential poets in the Western literary tradition, Ovid wrote works including Heroides (“Heroines...