Women in Antiq.

 

Schedule of Readings and Assignments

For each meeting, please come into class having read and thought about the readings assigned for that class.

Readings listed with the book icon () are from the assigned textbook, Pomeroy, Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves, 2nd Edition. All other readings are linked below.

To prepare for each meeting, you need to read:

  • The assigned chapter from the textbook (Pomeroy—these are short),
  • The brief primary source excerpts we’ll be discussing in class, and
  • At least one of the scholarly articles for that week.
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Public and Private

1 Introduction and Themes

Tuesday, September 3

2 Women in The Epic of Gilgamesh

Tuesday, September 10

  • Before the meeting:
    • 1Read all of the following:
    • 2Also read one of the following:
Gender and the Greeks

3 Ancient Goddesses and Gods

Tuesday, September 17

  • Before the meeting:
    • 1Read all of the following:
    • 2Also read one of the following:

4 The Bronze Age and its Homeric Echo

Tuesday, September 24

  • Before the meeting:
    • 1Read all of the following:
    • 2Also read one of the following:

5 Greece Emerging from the Dark Age

Tuesday, October 1

  • Before the meeting:
    • 1Read all of the following:
    • 2Also read one of the following:

6 Women and the Athenian Polis

Tuesday, October 8

  • Before the meeting:
    • 1Read all of the following:
    • 2Also read one of the following:

Tuesday, October 15

No meeting

7 Living Unpublicly in Classical Athens

Tuesday, October 22

  • Before the meeting:
    • 1Read all of the following:
    • 2Also read one of the following:

8 Images of Women in Athenian Literature

Tuesday, October 29

  • Before the meeting:
    • 1Read all of the following:
    • 2Also read one of the following:
Gender and Public Religion

9 The Female Pharaohs of Egypt

Tuesday, November 5

  • Before the meeting:
    • 1Read all of the following:
    • 2Also read one of the following:

10 Women and the Kingdom of Israel

Tuesday, November 12

  • Before the meeting:
    • 1Read all of the following:
    • 2Also read one of the following:
Gender and the Romans

11 The Roman Aristocratic Matron

Tuesday, November 19

  • Before the meeting:
    • 1Read all of the following:
    • 2Also read one of the following:

12 Beyond the Roman Aristocracy

Tuesday, November 26

  • Before the meeting:
    • 1Read all of the following:
    • 2Also read one of the following:

13 Women and the Roman Religion

Tuesday, December 3

  • Before the meeting:
    • 1Read all of the following:
    • 2Also read one of the following:

14 The Hellenistic and Graeco-Roman Eras

Tuesday, December 10

  • Before the meeting:
    • 1Read all of the following:
    • 2Also read one of the following:

15 Final Exam

Tuesday, December 17