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Week 10: Images of Women in Athenian Literature
Friday, April 24
(1) Video lecture on Youtube
10) Images of Women in Athenian Literature Quiz 6 Recap
(2) Do the readings
Pomeroy, “Images of Women in the Literature of Classical Athens” (Goddesses ch. 6, pp. 93–119)
Sophocles, from Antigone
Euripides, from Medea
ARTICLES (PICK ONE):
Foley, “The Conception of Women in Athenian Drama”
Lambropoulou, “Some Pythagorean Female Virtues” (WIA ch. 8, pp. 122–134)
Zeitlin, “The Dynamics of Misogyny: Myth and Mythmaking in the Oresteia”
(3) Post in the comments below
(4) Submit your Representations & Images Essay (email to professor)
Discussion and Presentations
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.
Make sure to also include a question that arose from you from today's readings or lecture. It can be any kind of question, but ideally something that provokes some discussion.