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Week 8: Women and the Athenian Polis
Friday, April 3
(1) Video lecture on Youtube
8) Women and the Athenian Polis
Writing an Interpretive Essay (1)
Thesis and Structure
(2) Do the readings
Pomeroy, “Women and the City of Athens” (Goddesses ch. 4, pp. 57–78)
Aeschylos, from Eumenides
ARTICLES (PICK ONE):
Dewald, “Women and Culture in Herodotus’s Histories”
Katz, “Ideology and the ‘Status of Women’ in Ancient Greece” (WIA ch. 2, pp. 21–43)
Pomeroy, “Women’s Identity and the Family in the Classical Polis” (WIA ch. 7, pp. 111–121)
Walker, “Women and Housing in Classical Greece: The Archaeological Evidence”
(3) Post in the comments below
(4) Take Quiz #5 (closed)
Take the quiz between April 3 and 9.
Quiz 5 Recap
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.