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, September 1

➊ Before the meeting:

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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, September 15

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, September 22

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5 Greece Emerging from the Dark Age

Tuesday, September 29

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

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6 Women and the Athenian Polis

Tuesday, October 6

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:

 

7 Living Unpublicly in Classical Athens

Tuesday, October 20

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

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The Images essay is due Monday, Oct. 12.

 

8 Images of Women in Athenian Literature

Tuesday, October 27

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, Oct. 26.

Gender and Public Religion

 

9 The Female Pharaohs of Egypt

Tuesday, November 3

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

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The last day to withdraw from Fall 2026 courses is Thursday, Nov. 6.

Gender and the Romans

 

11 The Roman Aristocratic Matron

Tuesday, November 17

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, November 24

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

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13 Women and the Roman Religion

Tuesday, December 1

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

➋ Before the meeting, read one of the following:

 

14 The Hellenistic and Graeco-Roman Eras

Tuesday, December 8

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

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The Position Paper is due Monday, Dec. 7.

 

15 Final Exam

Tuesday, December 15

➊ Before the meeting:

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The final exam will be held in-person on Tuesday, Dec. 17 from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. in our normal meeting room.