Out of the Closet

ancient civilization5

Copyright Louis Paul Hennefeld 1983

 

PUBLIUS OVID

(c43 BC - 18 AD)

POET

 

 

Gutter Block

 

 

Ovid casually admits to having homosexual experiences in Ars amatoria (2.684).

 

 

Throughout the centuries censors have changed Ovid's writings.

 

'A boy's love appealed to me less.'

Was altered to:

'A boy's love appealed to me not at all.'

Copyright Louis Paul Hennefeld 1983

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