| Week 13 | Back to syllabus | Final Exam |
Week 14: The Hellenistic and Graeco-Roman Eras
Friday, May 22
(1) Video lecture on Youtube
14) Women of the Cosmopolis Quiz 9 Recap
(2) Do the readings
Pomeroy, “Hellenistic Women” (Goddesses ch. 7, pp. 120–148)
Pomeroy, “The Elusive Women of Classical Antiquity” (Goddesses epilogue, pp. 227–230)
Plutarch, “Advice to the Bride and Groom”
ARTICLES (PICK ONE):
King, “Self-Help, Self-Knowledge: … the Patient in Hippocratic Gynaecology” (WIA ch. 9, pp. 135–148)
Lefkowitz, “Influential Women”
Pomeroy, “Infanticide in Hellenistic Greece”
Pomeroy, “Spartan Women among the Romans: Adapting Models, Forging Identities”
Thonemann, “The Women of Akmoneia”
Wilson, “Female Sanctity in the Greek Calendar” (WIA ch. 16, pp. 233–247)
(3) Post in the comments below
(4) Submit your Position Paper (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.