Prof. Leslie Mechem, x2784, Harder Hall 208C, Office hours MWF 10:15-11:15

      CL 365: Women in Antiquity

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      Course Requirements

        Midterm Exam: 20%
        Final Exam: 30%
        Paper with draft 20%
        Oral Presentation 15%
        Class Work: 15%

      Required Texts

        Fantham et al., Women in the Classical World (WCW)
        Lefkowitz & Fant, Women's Life in Greece and Rome (WLRG)
        Pomeroy, Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves (GWWS)
        Snyder, The Woman and the Lyre (WL)

      Reserve Texts

        Bauman, Women and Politics in Ancient Rome
        Cameron and Kuhrt, Images of Women in Antiquity
        Cantarella, Pandora's Daughters
        Clark, Women in Late Antiquity
        Demand, Birth, Death and Motherhood
        Dixon, The Roman Mother
        Evans, War, Women and Children in Ancient Rome
        Foley, Reflections of Women in Antiquity
        Gardner, The Roman Household: A Sourcebook
        Gardner, Women in Roman Law and Society
        Goodwater, Women in Antiquity: an Annotated Bibliography
        Hallett,, Fathers and Daughters in Roman Society
        Just, Women in Athenian Law and Life
        Keuls, The Reign of the Phallus
        Lefkowitz, Women in Greek Myth
        Macurdy, Hellenistic Queens
        Peradotto & Sullivan, Women in the Ancient World
        Pomeroy, Hellenistic Egypt
        Pomeroy, Women's History and Ancient History
        Rabinowitz, Feminist Theory and the Classics
        Sealey, Women and Law in Classical Greece
        Soranus, Gynecology
        Treggiari, Roman Marriage

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      Class Schedule (Subject to change)

      January

        23: Sources, methodologies, and historical background
        25-30: Bronze Age Women and Matriarchy
          READING: Pomeroy, GWWS, Chaps. 1, 2
          RESERVE READING: Lefkowitz, Women in Greek Myth, Chap. 1
          Cantarella, Pandora's Daughters, Chap. 1,
          Foley, Reflections of Women in Antiquity, first article
      GREECE

      February
        1-8: Praise and Blame in Dark Age and Archaic Greece
          READING: Pomeroy, GWWS, Chap. 3
          Lefkowitz & Fant, WLGR, Sections I Men's voices, II
          Fantham, WCW, Chaps. 1, 2
          Snyder, WL, Ad Feminam and Chap. 1
          RESERVE READING: Rabinowitz, Feminist Theory and the Classics, Hallett article
        13-29: The Golden Age in Classical Athens: For Whom?
          13: Views on Women
            READING: Lefkowitz & Fant, WLGR, Section I: 28-34, Section II: 37-38, 59-67, Section III: 72-74
          15-20: Women's Legal Status
            READING : Pomeroy, GWWS, Chap. IV
            Fantham, WCW, Chap. 3 pgs. 109-118
            Lefkowitz & Fant, WLGR, Section IV: 76-90, 95-97, 99
            RESERVE READING: EITHER Patterson, Marriage and the Married Woman in Athenian Law in Pomeroy, Women's History & Ancient History OR
            Sealey, Women and Law in Classical Greece, Chap. 2
          22: Public Life
            READING : Pomeroy, GWWS, Chap. VI
            Fantham, WCW, Chap. 3 pgs. 68-96
            Lefkowitz & Fant, WLGR, Section VI: 160-161, 163-164, 202, Section X: 383, 391, 393, 397-399, 401-406,
            Snyder, WL, Chap. 2
          27-29: Private Life
            READING : Pomeroy, GWWS, Chap. V
            Fantham, WCW, Chap. 3 pgs. 96-109, Chap. 6 pgs. 183-196
            Lefkowitz & Fant, WLGR, Section VII: 216, 226-227, 235-238, 267, Section VIII: 286-288, 303, 317-318, 322-325, 329-332, Section IX: 338-350, 376, 379

      March
        5: Hellenistic Women
          READING: Pomeroy, GWWS, Chap 7
          Fantham, WCW, Chap. 5
          Lefkowitz & Fant, WLGR, Section IV: 91-94, 101-104, Section VI: 175, 203-205, Section VII: 217-218, 228-230, 249, Section VIII: 304-306, 327, Section IX: 363, Section X: 384-387, 394-396, 400, 407, 414-416
          Snyder, WL, Chaps. 3, 4 to pg. 113
        7: MIDTERM
        12: Etruscan Women
          READING: Fantham, WCW, Chap. 8
          Lefkowitz & Fant, WLGR, Section VI: 165-166
          RESERVE READING: Cantarella, Pandora's Daughters, Chap. 8

        ROME

        14: Early Rome and the Republic I
          READING: Fantham, WCW, Chap 7
          Lefkowitz & Fant, WLGR, Section V: 107-110, Section VI: 165-166,173,181,187, Section VII: 208, 233, 250, Section X: 388, 408
        26-28: Early Rome and the Republic II
          READING: Fantham, WCW, Chap 9
          Lefkowitz & Fant, WLGR, Section II: 39, 51-53, Section V:111, 120, Section VII: 259-260
      April
        2-18: The Liberated Roman Woman?
          2: Views on Women
            READING: Fantham, WCW, Chap. 10
            Lefkowitz & Fant, WLGR, Section I: 24-27, Section II: 40-45, 68-71, Section III: 75
            Snyder, WL, Chap. 4 to page 113, Chap. 5 to page 136
          4-9: Legal Status and Public Life
            READING : Pomeroy, GWWS, Chaps. VIII-IX
            Fantham, WCW, Chap. 11
            Lefkowitz & Fant, WLGR, Section V: 112-119, 121-154, 156-158, Section VI: 167-172, 174-180, 182-186, 188-190, 191-193, 195-200
          11-16: Private Life
            READING : Pomeroy, GWWS, Chap. X
            Fantham, WCW, Chap. 12, Chap. 6, pgs.196-204
            Lefkowitz & Fant, WLGR, Section VII: 209-212, 214-215, 219-222, 224, 231, 239-248, 251-253, 255-258, 261-266, 268-272, 276-282, Section VIII: 283-285, 289-290, 292-302, 307-316, 319-321, 326, 328, 333-337, Section IX: 351-374, 377-378, 380-382, Section X: 389-390, 392, 409-413, 417-437, 440
        18-23: Women in late antiquity
          READING: Fantham, WCW, Chap. 13
          Lefkowitz & Fant, WLGR, Section V: 155, 159, Section VI: 201, Section VII: 232, Section VIII: 291, Section X: 438-439, 441-452
          Snyder, WL, Chap. 4 pgs. 113-121, Chap. 5 pgs. 136-end
        25: Summation and Oral Presentations
        30: Oral Presentations
      May
        2-7: Oral Presentations