0.19. Classical Myths, Monsters, and Ancient Gays: A Conversation with Liz Gloyn
History is Gay
Leigh Pfeffer
4.6 • 536 Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
In this interview episode, Leigh talks with Dr. Elizabeth Gloyn, Reader in Latin Language and Literature at Royal Holloway, the University of London, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her research focuses on the intersection between Latin literature, ancient philosophy, and gender studies; as well as topics of classical reception (particularly monsters) and the history of women in Classics. She is also the author of Tracking Classical Monsters in Popular Culture.
Thanks to listener Cheryl Morgan for connecting us for this wonderful conversation on queerness in the ancient world (including adorable poly couples), what Seneca really said about the Amazons, and how fanfiction has created a unique space for queering classical monsters.
Where to find more from Liz Gloyn online:
- @lizgloyn on Twitter
- Classically Inclined, Liz's blog on Wordpress
- "Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken is the latest film to give a monster a makeover"
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, lovely queerlings, Lee saying hi here in this little intro space to bring you a brief interview episode of History is Gay. |
| 0:07.7 | This is actually a conversation I had nearly a year ago, and I'm glad to finally be bringing it to the feed for you to hear. |
| 0:14.2 | I hope you enjoy this chat with Liz Gloin, reader in Latin language and literature at Royal Holloway, |
| 0:19.6 | where we talk all about |
| 0:21.1 | queerness in the ancient world, shenanigans involving classical monsters, and more. |
| 0:26.1 | I also just wanted to mention that in the interim between when we recorded this interview |
| 0:30.2 | and now, Liz, just this last month in the beginning of July, had a new piece published for |
| 0:35.7 | Theconversation.com about the new DreamWorks film |
| 0:39.0 | Ruby Gilman Teenage Cracken and how the Cracken of Norwegian folklore has been interpreted in pop |
| 0:44.9 | culture over the years. We'll throw that link in the article down in the show notes so you |
| 0:49.2 | could read Liz's latest work. Thanks for your patience while I worked through some backlogs to get this episode out to you, |
| 0:55.9 | and we'll have a full episode of History is Gay coming your way soon. |
| 1:00.0 | Thanks, love you. |
| 1:04.4 | We've always been here, every single year, |
| 1:17.6 | from ancient gays right up to todays see history is queer Some think it's a new way |
| 1:20.6 | But we've got something to say |
| 1:24.6 | History is very, very, very, very, very gay. |
| 1:34.6 | Hello, everyone. |
| 1:36.9 | Lee Feffer here in your pod feeds for a fun bonus episode of History is Gay today. |
| 1:42.9 | I got the opportunity to sit down with someone that actually one of our listeners connected me to, |
| 1:51.0 | and I'm really excited to bring our conversation to you today. |
| 1:56.3 | So I am sitting here virtually with the magic of the internet from across continents with Dr. |
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