Sappho's wedding songs on Core Curriculum

Amo te, ama me, by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

I’m particularly excited about this third episode of the Core Curriculum podcast’s series on Sappho because, in keeping with its theme of epithalamia—marriage songs—host Katie Grubbs invited my wife to join her, her husband David, and me for the discussion!

This is Sarah’s first podcast appearance and we had a great time discussing Sappho, what exactly an epithalamion is, these specific poems and their sometimes troubling, sometimes amusing, often touching themes, and marriage both then and now. It’s a wide-ranging discussion and Sarah and I really enjoyed it. Please listen in!

You can find this episode’s excellent and detailed shownotes—including the specific poems under discussion as well as the translations we used for this episode—at the Christian Humanist Radio Network site here. You can listen to Core Curriculum on iTunes, Stitcher, and other fine podcasting platforms, or listen to this episode via the embedded player in this post. Please also like the CHRN’s Facebook page to get updates on new shows and episodes as they arrive.

Thanks for listening! I hope y’all enjoy.