Schedule

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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Click on the highlighted days in the calendar to jump to that meeting.

 

Public and Private

 

1 Introduction and Themes

Tuesday, January 27

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➋ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

Pomeroy, Introduction to Goddesses

Gender and the Greeks

 

3 Ancient Goddesses and Gods

Tuesday, February 10

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

ch. 1, “Goddesses and Gods”

Theogony / Hesiod

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4 The Bronze Age and its Homeric Echo

Tuesday, February 24

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5 Greece Emerging from the Dark Age

Tuesday, March 3

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

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6 Women and the Athenian Polis

Tuesday, March 10

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

ch. 4, “Women and the City of Athens”

from Eumenides / Aeschylos

from The Histories / Herodotos

➋ Before the meeting, read one of the following:

The images essay is due Monday, March 9.

 

7 Living Unpublicly in Classical Athens

Tuesday, March 17

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

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8 Images of Women in Athenian Literature

Tuesday, March 24

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

ch. 6, “Images of Women in the Literature of Classical Athens”

from Antigone / Sophocles

from Medea / Euripides

➋ Before the meeting, read one of the following:

The proposal is due Monday, March 23.

Gender and Public Religion

 

9 The Female Pharaohs of Egypt

Tuesday, March 31

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

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10 Women and the Kingdom of Israel

Tuesday, April 14

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

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The last day to withdraw from Spring 2026 courses is Monday, April 13.

Gender and the Romans

 

11 The Roman Aristocratic Matron

Tuesday, April 28

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

ch. 8, “The Roman Matron of the Late Republic & Early Empire”

“The Capture of the Sabine Women” / Livy

“The Rape of Lucretia” / Livy

➋ Before the meeting, read one of the following:

 

12 Beyond the Roman Aristocracy

Tuesday, May 5

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13 Women and the Roman Religion

Tuesday, May 12

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

ch. 10, “The Role of Women in the Religion of the Romans”

“Cato on the Oppian Law” / Livy

selected letters / Pliny the Younger

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14 The Hellenistic and Graeco-Roman Eras

Tuesday, May 19

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

ch. 7, “Hellenistic Women”

Epilogue, “The Elusive Women of Classical Antiquity”

“Advice to the Bride and Groom” / Plutarch

Roman Accounts of Cleopatra / Plutarch

➋ Before the meeting, read one of the following:

The position paper is due Monday, May 18.

 

15 Final Exam

Tuesday, May 26

➊ Before the meeting:

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