Course Cites
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Assigned Texts
Bibliography | Pomeroy, Sarah B. 1995. Goddesses, whores, wives, and slaves: women in classical antiquity. New York: Schocken. |
Footnote | Pomeroy, [page number] |
Primary Sources
Listed alphabetically by author. For context and accuracy of citation, students are encouraged to find full versions of the works below, marked with sections or line numbers you can cite specifically, rather than relying on the excerpts used in class.
Bibliography | Aeschylus, and Herbert Weir Smyth. 1926. Eumenides. Harvard University Press. |
Footnote | Aeschylus, Eumenides |
Bibliography | Euripides, and Edward P. Coleridge. 1913. The plays of Euripides. London: G. Bell and Sons. |
Footnote | Euripides, Bacchae |
Bibliography | Euripides, and David Kovacs. 2001. Cyclops, Alcestis, Medea. Harvard Univ. Press |
Footnote | Euripides, Medea |
Bibliography | George, Andrew. 2003. Epic of Gilgamesh. Penguin Publishing Group. |
Footnote | George, [page number] |
Bibliography | Hesiod, and Hugh G. Evelyn-White. 1914. Hesiod. The Homeric hymns, and Homerica. New York: Macmillan. |
Footnote | Hesiod, Theogony, [section as marked] |
Bibliography | Hesiod, and Hugh G. Evelyn-White. 1914. Hesiod. The Homeric hymns, and Homerica. New York: Macmillan. |
Footnote | Hesiod, Works and Days, [section as marked] |
Bibliography | Livy, and William Masfen Roberts. 1912. The History of Rome. London: J.M. Dent. |
Footnote | Livy 1.9–1.33 (Sabine women); Livy 1.57–59 (Lucretia); Livy 34.2-4 (Oppian Law) |
Bibliography | Pliny, and William Melmoth. 1935. Pliny, Letters. Cambridge University Press. |
Footnote | Pliny, Letters 4.19; 81; 54; 34; 43. |
Bibliography | Plutarch, and Frank Cole Babbitt. 1928. Moralia, Volume II. Harvard University Press. |
Footnote | Plutarch, Moralia, “Advice to the Bride and Groom” |
Bibliography | Sophocles, and Richard Jebb. 1891. Sophocles: the plays and fragments. Cambridge University Press. |
Footnote | Sophocles, Antigone |
Bibliography | Theocritus, and J. M. Edmonds. 1938. The Greek bucolic poets. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. |
Footnote | Theocritus, Idylls |
Bibliography | Wilson, Mark. 2012. Readings from Hellas: Sources for the Exploration of Ancient Greece, 2d Edition. CreateSpace. |
Footnote |
Reading | Footnote |
Agamemnon’s Insult | Homer, Iliad 1 |
Nausicaa and the Stranger | Homer, Odyssey 6.48–315 |
The Artifice of Penelope | Homer, Odyssey 2, 18, 23 |
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Articles
Listed alphabetically by author.
Bibliography | Archer, Léonie J. 1993. “The Role of Jewish Women in the Religion, Ritual, and Cult of Graeco-Roman Palestine.” In Images of Women in Antiquity, pp. 244-298. Routledge. |
Footnote | Archer, [page number] |
Bibliography | Archer, Léonie J. 1994. “Notions of community and the exclusion of the female in Jewish history and historiography.” In Women In Ancient Societies, pp. 53-69. Palgrave Macmillan, London. |
Footnote | Archer, [page number] |
Bibliography | Arthur, Marylin B. 1973. “Early Greece: The origins of the Western attitude toward women.” Arethusa 6: 7-58. |
Footnote | Arthur, [page number] |
Bibliography | Arthur, Marylin B. 1981. “The divided world of Iliad VI.” Women’s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 8.1-2: 21-46. |
Footnote | Arthur, [page number] |
Bibliography | Bailey, John A. 1970, “Initiation and the primal woman in Gilgamesh and Genesis 2-3.” Journal of Biblical Literature 89.2: 137-150. |
Footnote | Bailey, [page number] |
Bibliography | Beard, Mary. 1995. “Re-reading (Vestal) Virginity.” In Women in Antiquity: New Assessments, ch. 11, 166–177. London: Routledge. |
Footnote | Beard, [page number] |
Bibliography | Abusch, T. 1986. “Ishtar’s· Proposal and Gilgamesh’s Refusal: An Interpretation of ‘The Gilgamesh Epic’, Tablet 6, Lines 1-79”. History of Religions 26.2: 143-87. |
Footnote | Abusch, [page number] |
Bibliography | Boatwright, Mary T. 2011. “Women and gender in the Forum Romanum.” Transactions of the American Philological Association 105-141. |
Footnote | Boatwright, [page number] |
Bibliography | Brock, Sebastian. 1994. “Reading between the lines: Sarah and the sacrifice of Isaac (Genesis, Chapter 22).” In Women in Ancient Societies, 169-180. Palgrave Macmillan, London |
Footnote | Brock, [page number] |
Bibliography | Burton, Joan. 1998. “Women’s Commensality in the Ancient Greek World.” Greece & Rome 45.2: 143-165. |
Footnote | Burton, [page number] |
Bibliography | Carp, Teresa. 1981. “Two matrons of the late republic.” Women’s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 8.1-2: 189-200. |
Footnote | Carp, [page number] |
Bibliography | Clark, Gillian. 1981. “Roman women.” Greece & Rome 28.2: 193-212. |
Footnote | Clark, [page number] |
Bibliography | Corbier, Mireille. 1995. “Male Power and Legitimacy through Women: The Domus Augusta under the Julio-Claudians.” In Women in Antiquity: New Assessments, ch. 12, pp.178–193. London: Routledge. |
Footnote | Corbier, [page number] |
Bibliography | Curran, Leo C. 1978. “Rape and rape victims in the Metamorphoses.” Arethusa 11.1/2: 213-241. |
Footnote | Curran, [page number] |
Bibliography | Depla, Annette. 1994. “Women in ancient Egyptian wisdom literature.” In Women in Ancient Societies, pp. 24-52. London: Palgrave Macmillan. |
Footnote | Depla, [page number] |
Bibliography | Dewald, Carolyn. 2013. “Women and culture in Herodotus’ Histories.” In Reflections of Women in Antiquity, pp. 91-125. Routledge. |
Footnote | Dewald, [page number] |
Bibliography | Dover, Kenneth J. 1973. “Classical Greek attitudes to sexual behaviour.” Arethusa 6.1: 59-73. |
Footnote | Dover, [page number] |
Bibliography | Dowden, Ken. 1995. “Approaching Women Through Myth: Vital Tool or Self-Delusion?.” In Women in Antiquity: New Assessments, ch. 3, 44–57. London: Routledge. |
Footnote | Dowden, [page number] |
Bibliography | Fantham, Elaine. 1995. “Aemilia Pudentilla: Or the Wealthy Widow’s Choice.” In Women in Antiquity: New Assessments, ch. 14, 220–232. London: Routledge. |
Footnote | Fantham, [page number] |
Bibliography | Fischler, Susan. 1994. “Social Stereotypes and Historical Analysis: the case of the imperial women at Rome.” In Women in Ancient Societies, pp. 115-133. London: Palgrave Macmillan. |
Footnote | Fischler, [page number] |
Bibliography | Fisher, Elizabeth A. 1978. “Theodora and Antonina in the Historia Arcana: History and/or fiction?” Arethusa 11.1/2: 253-279. |
Footnote | Fisher, [page number] |
Bibliography | Foley, Helene P. 2013. “The conception of women in Athenian drama.” In Reflections of Women In Antiquity, pp. 127-168. Routledge. |
Footnote | Foley, [page number] |
Bibliography | Foxhall, Lin. 1995. “Women’s Ritual and Men’s Work in Ancient Athens.” In Women in Antiquity: New Assessments, ch. 6, 97–110. London: Routledge. |
Footnote | Foxhall, [page number] |
Bibliography | Hallett, Judith P. 1973. “The role of women in Roman elegy: counter-cultural feminism.” Arethusa 6.1: 103-124. |
Footnote | Hallett, [page number] |
Bibliography | Harris, Rivkah. 1991. “Inanna-Ishtar as paradox and a coincidence of opposites.” History of Religions 30.3: 261-278. |
Footnote | Harris, [page number] |
Bibliography | Heath, John. 2011. “Women’s work: Female transmission of mythical narrative.” Transactions of the American Philological Association 69-104. |
Footnote | Heath, [page number] |
Bibliography | Katz, Marilyn. 1995. “Ideology and the ‘Status of Women’ in Ancient Greece.” In Women in Antiquity: New Assessments, ch. 2, 21–43. London: Routledge. |
Footnote | Katz, [page number] |
Bibliography | King, Helen. 1995. “Self-Help, Self-Knowledge: In Search of the Patient in Hippocratic Gynaecology.” In Women in Antiquity: New Assessments, ch. 9. London: Routledge. |
Footnote | King, [page number] |
Bibliography | Lambropoulou, Voula. 1995. “Some Pythagorean Female Virtues.” In Women in Antiquity: New Assessments, ch. 8, 122–134. London: Routledge. |
Footnote | Lambropoulou, [page number] |
Bibliography | Lefkowitz, Mary. 2013. “Influential Women.” In Images of Women in Antiquity, 56-57. Routledge. |
Footnote | Lefkowitz, [page number] |
Bibliography | Lesko, Barbara S. 1991. “Women’s monumental mark on ancient Egypt.” The Biblical Archaeologist 54.1: 4-15. |
Footnote | Lesko, [page number] |
Bibliography | Marry, John D. 1979. “Sappho and the Heroic Ideal: ἔρωτος ἀρετή.” Arethusa 12.1: 71-92. |
Footnote | Marry, [page number] |
Bibliography | Nixon, Lucia. 1995. “The Cults of Demeter and Kore.” In Women in Antiquity: New Assessments, ch. 5, 75–96. London: Routledge. |
Footnote | Nixon, [page number] |
Bibliography | Ortner, Sherry B. 1972. “Is female to male as nature is to culture?” Feminist Studies 1.2: 5-31. |
Footnote | Ortner, [page number] |
Bibliography | Perkell, Christine G. 1981. “On Creusa, Dido, and the quality of victory in Virgil’s Aeneid.” Women’s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 8.1-2: 201-223. |
Footnote | Perkell, [page number] |
Bibliography | Pomeroy, Sarah. 1983. “Infanticide in Hellenistic Greece”. In Images of Women in Antiquity, 207-222. Routledge. |
Footnote | Pomeroy, [page number] |
Bibliography | Pomeroy, Sarah. 1995. “Women’s Identity and the Family in the Classical Polis.” In Women in Antiquity: New Assessments, ch. 7, 111–121. London: Routledge. |
Footnote | Pomeroy, [page number] |
Bibliography | Pomeroy, Sarah. 2008. “Spartan Women among the Romans: Adapting Models, Forging Identities.” Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. Supplementary Volumes 7: 221-234. |
Footnote | Pomeroy, [page number] |
Bibliography | Robins, Gay. 1983. “The god’s wife of Amun in the 18th dynasty in Egypt”. In Images of Women in Antiquity, 65-78. Routledge. |
Footnote | Robins, [page number] |
Bibliography | Roehrig, Catharine H., Renée Dreyfus, and Cathleen A. Keller, eds. 2005. Hatshepsut: from queen to pharaoh. Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Footnote | Roehrig, [page number] |
Bibliography | Roller, Matthew B. 2003, “Horizontal women: posture and sex in the Roman convivium.” American Journal of Philology 124.3: 377-422. |
Footnote | Roller, [page number] |
Bibliography | Savunen, Liisa. 1995. “Women and Elections in Pompeii.” In Women in Antiquity: New Assessments, ch. 13, 194–206. London: Routledge. |
Footnote | Savunen, [page number] |
Bibliography | Segal, Charles. 1978. “The Menace of Dionysus: Sex Roles And Reversals In Euripides’ Bacchae.” Arethusa 11.1/2: 185-202. |
Footnote | Segal, [page number] |
Bibliography | Slater, Philip E. 1974. “The Greek family in history and myth.” Arethusa 7.1: 9-44. |
Footnote | Slater, [page number] |
Bibliography | Stigers, Eva Stehle. 1981. “Sappho’s private world.” Women’s Studies: an Interdisciplinary Journal 8.1-2: 47-63. |
Footnote | Stigers, [page number] |
Bibliography | Thonemann, Peter. 2010. “The women of Akmoneia.” The Journal of Roman Studies 100: 163-178. |
Footnote | Thonemann, [page number] |
Bibliography | Venit, Marjorie Susan. 1998. “Women in their cups.” The Classical World 92.2: 117-130. |
Footnote | Venit, [page number] |
Bibliography | Walker, S. 1983. “Women and Housing in Classical Greece: The Archaeological Evidence.” In Images of Women in Classical Antiquity, 81-91. Routledge. |
Footnote | Walker, [page number] |
Bibliography | Warren, Larissa Bonfante. 1973. “The Women of Etruria.” Arethusa 6.1: 91-101. |
Footnote | Warren, [page number] |
Bibliography | Wilson, Anna. 1995. “Female Sanctity in the Greek Calendar.” In Women in Antiquity: New Assessments, ch. 16, 233–247. London: Routledge. |
Footnote | Wilson, [page number] |
Bibliography | Zeitlin, Froma. 1978. “The dynamics of misogyny: Myth and mythmaking in the Oresteia.” Arethusa 11.1/2: 149-184. |
Footnote | Zeitlin, [page number] |
Bibliography | Zeitlin, Froma. 1995. “Signifying Difference: The Myth of Pandora.” In Women in Antiquity: New Assessments, ch. 4, 58–74. London: Routledge. |
Footnote | Zeitlin, [page number] |