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Third installment of Classics with humor, consisting of entertaining talks on topics from the Greco-Roman world, prepared in an informal and entertaining tone using humor as a vehicle of transmission, led by comedian and Latin teacher Francisco Santanta Santos. On this occasion, the figure of Sappho of Lesbos, the most famous Greek poet of the archaic period, will be addressed. Considered an example, her name gave rise to the term sapphism, a word that encompasses lesbianism and bisexual women.
We will try to get closer to the personality of Sappho of Lesbos, always shrouded in mystery, not only because of the few testimonies we have, but also because of the transgressive nature of her work, which was censored and therefore almost lost. Her life (7th-6th centuries BC) was spent almost entirely in Mytilene, capital of the island of Lesbos, surrounded by a group of students and friends around whom her personal and literary experiences developed. Lesbian love is given this name from her verses. A good excuse to read the little that we have left of the most famous Greek poetess, imitated by Latin poets such as Catullus and Horace. In general, she was held in high regard in Rome. Even today she is considered a vindictive example by some movements defending the sexual freedoms of lesbians.
Classics with humor are entertaining talks on topics from the Greco-Roman world prepared in an informal and entertaining tone using humor as a vehicle of transmission. We insist that they are talks prepared with great rigor, but not with rigor mortis. They are accompanied by projection of images and conclude with a possible final discussion-discussion. Given by Francisco Santana Santos, member of the Spanish Society of Classical Studies and former Vice President and member of the Board of Directors of the Canary Islands section of the same society; 36 years of teaching Latin and Greek, first as an Associate Professor of Latin in Baccalaureate and, from 1984 to 2014 as Professor of Greek in Baccalaureate. In addition, since 1987, he has been a comedian and member of the duo Piedra Pómez and Director of the ULPGC Humor Classroom since its creation in 2005.