About the Author

Rachel H. Lesser earned a BA in Classics from Columbia University and a second BA in Classics and English from Magdalen College, University of Oxford. She went on to earn her MA in Classics and PhD in Classics, with a Designated Emphasis in Women, Gender, and Sexuality, from the University of California, Berkeley. She has published articles on Homer and Sappho, with a focus on women, desire, and intertextuality. She has taught in the Department of Classics at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania since 2016.