body, html { margin: 0; padding: 0 } .noJavascriptMessage { align-items: center; display: flex; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Noto, sans-serif; justify-content: center; margin: 0; min-height: 100vh; padding: 0 } .noJavascriptMessage>div { max-width: 500px; padding: 20px; text-align: center } .noJavascriptMessage svg { height: 100px; margin-bottom: 40px }

Enable JavaScript and refresh the page to view Alexandria.

See how to enable JavaScript in your browser.

A Homer Commentary in Progress

hieros gamos ‘sacred sexual intercourse’

1 Comments

Comments

Iliad 14.200–210

Gregory Nagy

Hera’s wording here rationalizes her initiating a sexual encounter with Zeus. The idea of such an encounter is conventionally known as hieros gamos—in the sense of ‘sacred sexual i ... Continue reading