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January
| 20:
Sources, methodologies, and historical background |
| 22:
Bronze Age Women and Matriarchy
| RESERVE
READING:
Images
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Lefkowitz,
Women in Greek Myth, Chap. 1,
Cantarella, Pandora's
Daughters, Chap. 1,
Foley, Reflections
of Women in Antiquity, first article
Imagine
that you have found these figurines (click on the Images
button) in a sanctuary or tomb in Bronze Age Greece. What
do these figures tell us about the role of women in the
Minoan and Mycenaean worlds? (Click on the small picture
to see a larger version. For more Bronze Age images of
women click on the underlined phrase "Bronze Age
Women" above.) |
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| 27:
Praise
and Blame in Dark Age and Archaic Greece
| READING: |
Lefkowitz
& Fant, WLGR, Section II: 54-58
Fantham, WCW, Chaps. 1, 2
Click
on the underlined phrase for images of Archaic women
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| 29:
Praise
and Blame in Dark Age and Archaic Greece
| RESERVE
READING: |
Hallett,
"Feminist Theory, Historical Periods, Literary Canons,
and the Study of Greco-Roman Antiquity", in Rabinowitz,
Feminist Theory and the Classics
Questions |
| READING: |
Snyder,
WL, Ad Feminam and Chap. 1, handout
A
New Sappho Poem
Click
on the underlined phrase for images of Archaic women
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| The
Golden Age in Classical Athens: For Whom? |
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3:
Views
on Women
| READING: |
Lefkowitz
& Fant, WLGR, Section I: 7-11, 28-34, Section II:
36-38, 59-67, Section III: 72-74 |
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5:
Women's
Legal Status
| READING: |
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. 3
OR
Just,
Women in Athenian Law and Life, Chap. 2
or 3 |
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10:
Public Life
| READING: |
Fantham,
WCW, Chap. 3 pgs. 68-96
Lefkowitz & Fant, WLGR, Section VI: 160-161, 163-164,
202, Section X: 383, 391, 397-399, 402-406, |
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February
|
12:
Public Life: The Rites of Demeter
| Handouts: |
Detienne,
The Violence of Well-born Ladies:
Women
in the Thesmophoria
Nixon,
The Cults of Demeter and Kore
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| RESERVE
READING: |
Foley,
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Part I: Text and Background,
Part II pages 103-118 |
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17:
Private
Life
| READING: |
Fantham, WCW, Chap. 3 pgs. 96-109
Lefkowitz & Fant, WLGR, Section VII: 216, 226-227,
235-238, 267, Section VIII: 286-288, 303, 317-318, 322-325,
329-332
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| RESERVE
READING: |
Cameron
and Kuhrt,
Images of Women in Antiquity, Chapters 6 and 7 |
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19:
Private
Life
| READING: |
Fantham, Chap. 6 pgs. 183-196
Lefkowitz & Fant, WLGR, Section IX: 338-350, 376,
379
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RESERVE
READING:
Choose 2 |
Keuls,
Reign of the Phallus, Chap. 6, 7, 9
Dean-Jones,
"The Cultural Construct of the Female Body",
in Pomeroy,
Women's
History and Ancient History
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24:
Hellenistic Women
| READING: |
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 |
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Paper
Topic Due |
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26:
Etruscan
Women
| READING: |
Fantham,
WCW, Chap. 8
Lefkowitz & Fant, WLGR, Section
VI: 165-166 |
| RESERVE
READING: |
Cantarella,
Pandora's Daughters, Chap. 8 |
| REPORTS: |
Bonfante,
"Etruscan Couples and their Aristocratic Society",
in Foley, Reflections
of Women in Antiquity, Julia
Bonfante, "Etruscan
Sexuality and Funerary Art", in Kampen,
Sexuality in Ancient Art, Courtney |
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3-5:
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 |
| RESERVE
READING: |
Beard,
"Re-reading (Vestal) virginity," in Hawley,
Women in Antiquity: new assessments. |
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17:
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
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The
Liberated Roman Woman? |
19:
Views on Women
| READING: |
Fantham,
WCW, Chap. 10
Lefkowitz & Fant, WLGR, Section
I: 24-27, Section II: 40-45, 68-71, Section III: 75
Catullus
Handout |
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March
26:
Views
on Women
| READING: |
Snyder, "Women Writers
in Rome", handout
Hallet, " Women as Same
and Other in Classical Roman Elite", Handout |
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31:
Legal Status
| READING: |
Fantham,
WCW, Chap. 11
Lefkowitz & Fant, WLGR, Section
V: 112-119, 121-154, 156-158
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| REPORTS: |
Gardner, Women in Roman
Law and Society, Marriage,
Alex
Treggiari, Roman Marriage,
"Domus" parts 1 & 2, Laura
Treggiari,
Roman Marriage, "Domus" part 3,
Erica |
Thesis
and Working Bibliography due (typed and handed in) |
2:
Legal Status
| READING: |
Fantham,
WCW, Chap. 11
Lefkowitz & Fant, WLGR, Section
V: 112-119, 121-154, 156-158
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| REPORTS: |
Treggiari,
Roman Marriage, "Domus" part
3, Erica
Gardner,
Women in Roman Law and Society, Sexual Offences,
Bekah
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7:
Public Life
| READING: |
Lefkowitz & Fant, WLGR, Section
VI: 167-172, 174-180, 182-186, 188-190, 191-193, 195-200,
Section VII: 264-266 |
| REPORTS: |
Bauman,
Women and Politics in Ancient Rome, Chap.
9, Jim
Savunen,"Women
and Elections in Pompeii," in Hawley,
Women in Antiquity, Beth |
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| 9:
Private
Life: Home and Occupations
| READING: |
Fantham, WCW, Chap. 12
Lefkowitz & Fant, WLGR, Section
VII: 209-212, 214-215, 219-222, 231, 239-248, 251-253,
255-258, 261-264, 268-272, 276-282, Section VIII: 283-285,
289-290, 292-302, 307-316, 319-321, 326, 328, 333-337
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| REPORTS: |
Gardner, Women in Roman
Law and Society, Women
at Work,
Simone
Wallace-Hadrill, "Engendering
the Roman House," in I, Claudia, Phil
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14:
Private
Life: Medicine and Religion
| READING: |
Fantham, WCW, Chap. 6, pgs.196-204
Lefkowitz & Fant, WLGR, Section
IX: 351-374, 377-378, 380-382, Section X: 389-390, 392,
409-413, 417-437, 440
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16: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
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April
21:
Oral Presentations
Rough
Draft Due
(except for those presenting today) |
23:
Oral Presentations
Rough
Draft Due |
28:
Oral Presentations
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