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Week 9: Living Unpublicly in Classical Athens
Friday, April 17
(1) Video lecture on Youtube
9) Living Unpublicly in Classical Athens
Writing an Interpretive Essay (2)
Sources and Citations
Quiz 5 Recap
(2) Do the readings
Pomeroy, “Private Life in Classical Athens” (Goddesses ch. 5, pp. 79–92)
Euripides, from The Bacchae
Theocritus, “The Women at the Adonis Festival”, from Idylls
ARTICLES (PICK ONE):
Burton, “Women's Commensality in the Ancient Greek World”
Dover, “Classical Greek Attitudes to Sexual Behavior”
Foxhall, “Women’s Ritual and Men’s Work in Ancient Athens” (WIA ch. 6, pp. 97–110)
Segal, “The Menace of Dionysus: Sex Roles and Reversals in Euripides’ The Bacchae”
Venit, “Women in Their Cups”
(3) Post in the comments below
(4) Take Quiz #6 (closed)
Take the quiz between April 17 and 23.
Quiz 6 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.