PAGE 2. (PANEL) 3. NOW WE ARE UP TO AROUND THREE OR FOUR HUNDRED B.C., WITH A SHOT OF SAPPHO OF LESBOS, BY ALL ACCOUNTS A STRIKINGLY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN OF THE PERIOD. AS WE SEE HER HERE SHE IS SITTING WRITING UPON A VERANDAH OVERLOOKING THE AEGEAN SEA, WITH FLEECE-WHITE CLOUDS ADRIFT UPON A PICTURE POSTCARD SKY. HAVING BROKEN OFF FROM HER WRITING, THE QUILL LIMP BETWEEN HER FINGER, SAPPHO BOWS HER HEAD AND RAISES ONE HAND TO HER EYES, COVERING THEM AS IF TO HIDE HER WEEPING. THE QUILL LIES STILL, THE POEM REMAINS UNFINISHED ON THE TABLE BEFORE HER. ALL ALONE, THE GREATEST POET OF HER ERA WEEPS OVER A DEPARTED LOVER WHILE THE STRONG, BRIGHT SUNLIGHT GLITTERS ON THE WAVES OF THE AEGEAN, BEYOND HER LONELY VERANDAH, OR WINDOW SEAT IF YOU THINK THAT WOULD LOOK BETTER, GIVING YOU SOME SHADE AND SOLID SHADOW IN THE F/G WITH A SQUARE OF SUNLIT SEA VISIBLE IN THE B/G THROUGH THE WINDOW. SEE WHAT YOU THINK, AND DO WHAT YOU THINK'S BEST. CAP. : Corinth's transvestite troops aside, this usage was unique. We were CREATORS: Homer sought in verse to hug Achilles' shade.. CAP. : ..while on her isle, exquisite Sappho reminisced of myrrh poured on her lover's head; of girls upon soft mats with all they most desired beside them. (PANEL) 4. NOW A MORE ABSTRACT SHOT. WE ARE NOW UP TO THE FIRST OR SECOND CENTURY, STILL IN ROUCHLY THE SAME PART OF THE WORLD, AND ALL WE SEE HERE ARE TWO MEN OF THE PERIOD WALKING ROUGHLY FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, AS IF WALKING AWAY FROM SOMETHING OFF PANEL OVER ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. THEY LOOK SAD AND REJECTED, AND ONE MAN HAS AN ARM AROUND HIS FELLOW'S SHOULDER, AS IF TO LEND HIM STRENGTH. A STRONG SOURCE OF LIGHT ISSUES FROM OFF PANEL LEFT, LIGHTING THEM FROM BEHIND AS THEY WALK AWAY FROM IT TOWARDS THE COMPARATIVE DARKNESS OVER TO THE RIGHT. THE LIGHT ALSO CASTS THE SHADOW OF A CHRISTIAN CROSS OVER THE TWO MEN AS THEY WALK AWAY, SO THAT THE BLACK AND ANGULAR SHADOW FALLS SQUARELY ACROSS THEM. CAP. : Yet this tolerance could not endure the rise of Christianity, which quite ignored Christ's love for outcasts and instead embraced moral severity. CAP. : Defining sex as base, an obstacle to faith, St. Paul named same-sex love, for the first time, as sin. (PANEL) 5. NOW ANOTHER MIRROR OF LOVE VERTICAL PANEL SHOWING THE HERMAPHRODITE ANGELS. HERE THEY BOTH STAND UPRIGHT, FACING EACH OTHER ACROSS THE PANEL, BOTH IN THE SAME POSITION, BOTH LOOKING SHY AND WONDERING AS THEY REACH OUT THEIR HANDS AND PLACE THEIR PALMS TOGETHER, TOUCHING FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE EFFECT IS SOFT AND ROMANTIC