Propylaeum

Greco-Roman antiquity has strongly influenced Western cultures - also with regard to images of women and men. Who doesn't know the legends of gods seducing beautiful nymphs? The enthusiasm of Apollo for his Daphne or the despair of the abandoned Dido can also be found in films or songs today: can't live, if living is without you!
But are the texts of Homer, Ovid & Co. still contemporary - indeed, are they still socially acceptable at all? Is Apollo actually a rapist, Dido the victim of 'toxic masculinity'? Katharina Wesselmann re-reads classical ancient texts and finds surprising parallels to our present day.