- Watch the video lectures.
- Do the readings.
- Pomeroy, “Private Life in Classical Athens” (Goddesses ch. 5, pp. 79–92)
- Euripides, from The Bacchae
- Theocritus, “The Women at the Adonis Festival”, from Idylls
- Read one of these scholarly articles:
- Burton, “Women’s Commensality in the Ancient Greek World”
- Dover, “Classical Greek Attitudes to Sexual Behavior”
- Foxhall, “Women’s Ritual and Men’s Work in Ancient Athens” (WIA ch. 6, pp. 97–110)
- Segal, “The Menace of Dionysus: Sex Roles and Reversals in Euripides’ The Bacchae”
- Venit, “Women in Their Cups”
- Attend the class meeting.
- Take the quiz.
Week 9: Housewives and Hetaerae: Living Unpublicly in Classical Athens
Meeting Day: Friday, October 29
BEFORE THE MEETING DAY
ON THE MEETING DAY
Join the discussion IN PERSON on Friday morning at 9:30 in room CA 210, where we’ll discuss this week’s topics.
If you did not attend in person, watch the lecture video above and post in the discussion area below.
Take Quiz #5 by Nov. 4. (Closed)
Week 9 Discussion Area
Meeting time: Friday morning at 9:30
Respond to and discuss the readings and lecture. Also try to react to what other students are saying. This is where we get at what these readings and ideas are all about, so discussing and interacting here is absolutely vital.
- Your comments should include your reactions to the arguments made in the readings, both specific points made by the writers and their overall claims, assumptions, and biases, as well as responses to comments made by other students.
- Your participation grade will be derive not only from the fact that you have posted, but on how well you contribute to the discussion of that day’s topic.
- If your comment is flagged as spam, let me know so that I can release the comment and whitelist your account.
- Make sure to include a question that arose for you from today's readings or lecture. It can be any kind of question, but ideally something that provokes more discussion.
- You can test your Disqus login on the Disqus test page.
Important: Please treat this as an in-class discussion, not like an internet comment board. What I'm asking for is reaction, discussion, and real questions about the material, as a part of your weekly participation in the course.