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Academic Year 2003/2004
Women and the Polis in Ancient Greece
CCIV 243 SP
In this course we will study women in ancient Greece in relation to the history and institutions of the polis (city-state) under ten rubrics: "Women and the Origins of the Polis," "Ancient Greek Heroines," "Hetairai
(`Mistresses'),"
"Funerary Ritual," "Maenads and Madness," "Worshipping Demeter," "Worshipping Athena," "Amazons," "Marriage and Weddings" and "Female Bodies." In the first half of the course we will survey each of these topics briefly;
in the second half of the course students will present to the class the results of their research on one of the topics. Students will work on their topics in pairs and may present their results as a web site or as a
research
paper.
MAJOR READINGS
Preliminary list; final selection of readings dependent on text availability. Consult course syllabus on Wesleyan homepage after 1/20/04 for final list: http://www.wesleyan.edu/wesmaps/course0304/weshome.htm
A variety of
primary sources (selections from
ancient Greek writers such as: Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus, Euripides, Sophocles, Aristophanes, Aristotle, Lysias, Xenophon, Menander, and Plutarch) available on line.
Either a variety of paperbacks or one principal
secondary source reading (such as
Cartledge, ed., THE CAMBRIDGE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF ANCIENCE GREECE.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
One short-answer and essay midterm; one short-answer and essay final.
COURSE FORMAT:
Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA CLAS
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Katz,Marilyn A.
- Times: ..T.R.. 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: SCIE339
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 20)
- SR. major: 5 Jr. major: 5
- SR. non-major: 4 Jr. non-major: 3 SO: 3 FR: X
Special Attributes:
Links to Web Resources For This Course.
Last Updated on MAR-19-2004
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