Ancient ideas about Love: Eros, Ovid, and Sappho

Ancient ideas about Love: Eros, Ovid, and Sappho

July 7, 2026 · 41 min · Season 8 · Episode 8

About this episode

This episode explores ancient ideas about love, particularly through the lens of Eros as understood in Greek philosophy.

Send Catherine a text Message “Energy, creation, movement and harmony, development, all happen under the aegis of love, in the domain of eros. Desire is the cause of all movement, and movement is the character of all being. The universe is a process, and its method is change.” — Germaine Greer The ideas expressed by Greer in this quote reflect the ancient Greek perception of a cosmic dynamic of love and attraction, imagined as the god Eros. The notion of Eros is thousands of years old ...

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