 CCIV 243 (=WMST 211) WOMEN AND THE POLIS SPRING 1998 COURSE SYLLABUS SUMMARY Image Credit
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COURSE SYLLABUS DESCRIPTION 
For each class, the assignment
includes: There are also various optional
resources: Paper
(Web Site) Topics: To browse
these, click on this link. While you are learning about how to negotiate the WWW, you might enjoy exploring some general resources about Ancient Greece. Here is a page with links to things like Walking Tours of Ancient Athens, a Reconstruction of the Parthenon, a Virtual Tour of the British Museum's Antiquities Collection, some maps, and some pages of WWW bibliography.
All texts are available at Atticus; be sure to check the Book Co-op, too, for used versions of some of these. There are also links on the Web to most of the assigned readings. Copies of all required and optional texts for the course are on 4-hour reserve for the course in Olin. Copies of some texts are also available in the Classical Studies Seminar Room (334 Science Center), which is open 24 hours a day. These texts can be used only in the seminar room and should not be removed. Gonick, Women in Ancient Athens Levick, Misogyny, and Katz, "Did the Women of Ancient Athens Attend the Theatre in the Eighteeenth Century?" (Web Sites). These are background materials available on the Web. Please read them before coming to the first class on January 22.
 JANUARY 29
(Overview)Reading: Katz, "Women, Children and Men" (Web Site) Web Site: Background Information and Study Questions Paper Topics: Continue reviewing topics; continue checking out information on Perseus and Diotima (for links, see Paper Topics Page) Return to Syllabus Summary  FEBRUARY 3
(Origins of the Polis)Reading: Fine, The Ancient Greeks, Chapter 3, pages 46-61; Blundell, "Women in the Poems of Homer", in Women in Ancient Greece Optional: pp. 38-39 (Dark Age to Orientalizing), 46-47 (Dark Age Greece), 48-49 (Rise of the City-States), and 43-44 (Men and Women) in Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece Web Site: Background Information and Study Questions Paper Topics: Review topics; choose one; report on selections in class Return to Syllabus Summary FEBRUARY 5
(Origins of the Polis)Reading: Homer, Odyssey, Books Six, Seven, and Eight (Fagles translation); Blundell, "Women in the Poems of Homer", in Women in Ancient Greece Web Sites: Background Information and Study Questions; Odyssey 6-8 on Perseus Return to Syllabus Summary FEBRUARY 10
(Colonization)Reading: Fine, The Ancient Greeks, Chapter 4, pages 62-93; Blundell, "Women in an age of transition", "Women and the poets," in Women in Ancient Greece Optional: pp. 50-55 in Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece Web Sites: Background Information and Study Questions Return to Syllabus Summary FEBRUARY 12
(Colonization)Reading: Pindar, Pythian 9; Pythian 9 Commentary; Pythian 4; Herodotus, Persian Wars, Book 4.150-167; 200-204; Blundell, "Women in an age of transition", "Women and the poets," in Women in Ancient Greece Web Sites: Background Information and Study Questions; Pindar Pythian 9 on Perseus; Pindar Pythian 4 on Perseus; Herodotus Reading on Perseus Return to Syllabus Summary FEBRUARY 17
(Tyranny)Reading: Fine, The Ancient Greeks, Chapter 5, pages 94-136 Optional: pp. 56-57 in Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece Web Sites: Background Information and Study Questions Return to Syllabus Summary FEBRUARY 19
(Tyranny)Reading: Alcaeus and Sappho; Parker, "Sappho Schoolmistress"; Blundell, "Women as poets: Sappho", "Women in stone," in Women in Ancient Greece Web Sites: Background Information and Study Questions; Alcaeus Reading; Sappho Reading; Parker article Return to Syllabus Summary FEBRUARY 24 (Early Athens through Solon)Reading: Fine, The Ancient Greeks, Chapter 7, pages 176-208; Blundell, "Women and religion," in Women in Ancient Greece Optional: pp. 58-59 in Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece Web Sites: Background Information and Study Questions Return to Syllabus Summary FEBRUARY 26 (Early Athens through Solon)Reading: Plutarch, Life of Solon Web Sites: Background Information and Study Questions; Plutarch Reading on Perseus Return to Syllabus Summary MARCH 3 (Early Athens through Cleisthenes)Reading: Fine, The Ancient Greeks, Chapter 7, pages 209-243 Web Sites: Background Information and Study Questions Return to Syllabus Summary MARCH 5 (Early Athens through Cleisthenes)Reading: Herodotus, Histories I.59-64 (pp. 22-25); V.55-96 (pp. 299-316); VI.87-93 (pp. 353-55), 103-4 (p. 358), 106-8 (p. 359), 121-40 (pp. 364-71); Aristotle and Thucydides on Harmodius and Aristogeiton; Blundell, "Women and the philosophers," in Women in Ancient Greece Web Sites: Background Information and Study Questions; Herodotus I.59-64; V.55-96; VI.97-93, VI. 103-4, VI. 106-8, VI.121-40 on Perseus; Aristotle Reading on Perseus; Thucydides Reading on Perseus Mid-Term: HTML Outline; post by no later than midnight, March 5 Return to Syllabus Summary MARCH 24 (Development of Democracy I)Reading: Fine, The Ancient Greeks, Chapter 10, pages 383-400; pp. 74-77 in Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece; Blundell, "Women in drama," "Women in Classical sculpture," in Women in Ancient Greece Optional: pp. 62-73 in Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece Web Sites: Background Information and Study Questions Return to Syllabus Summary MARCH 26 (Development of Democracy I)Reading: Aristophanes, Lysistrata; Blundell, "Women in drama," "Women in Classical sculpture," in Women in Ancient Greece Web Sites: Background Information and Study Questions; Aristophanes Reading on Perseus Return to Syllabus Summary MARCH 31 (Development of Democracy II)Reading: Fine, The Ancient Greeks, Chapter 10, pages 400-415; pp. 94-97 in Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece; Blundell, "Amazons," in Women in Ancient Greece Optional: pp. 86-95 in Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece Web Sites: Background Information and Study Questions; Reading on Perseus Return to Syllabus Summary APRIL 2 (Development of Democracy II)Reading: Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae; Blundell, "Amazons," in Women in Ancient Greece Web Sites: Background Information and Study Questions; Aristophanes Reading on Perseus Return to Syllabus Summary APRIL 7 (Democracy: Judicial Institutions)Reading: Fine, The Ancient Greeks, Chapter 10, pages 415-429; pp. 98-99 in Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece; Blundell, "Women in Athenian law and society," in Women in Ancient Greece Web Sites: Background Information and Study Questions; Reading on Perseus Return to Syllabus Summary APRIL 9 (Democracy: Judicial Institutions)Reading: Demosthenes, Against Neaera; Blundell, "Women in Athenian law and society," in Women in Ancient Greece Web Sites: Background Information and Study Questions; Demosthenes Reading on Perseus (the whole speech); Demosthenes reading on course pages (the whole speech); Demosthenes Reading on Diotima (selections from the speech highlighting the episodes having to do with Neaera) Return to Syllabus Summary APRIL 14 (Democracy and its Others)Reading: Fine, The Ancient Greeks, Chapter 10, pages 430-441; pp. 100-107 in Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece; Blundell, "The Lives of Women in Classical Athens," in Women in Ancient Greece Web Sites: Background Information and Study Questions; Reading on Perseus Return to Syllabus Summary APRIL 16 (Democracy and its Others)Reading: Xenophon, The Estate-Manager; Blundell, "Women's Bodies," in Women in Ancient Greece Web Sites: Background Information and Study Questions; Xenophon Reading on Perseus Return to Syllabus Summary APRIL 21 (changed to APRIL 24, 1-2 pm)Reading: Euripides, Ion Web Sites: Andrea McKnight on Myths of Athenian Origins Return to Syllabus Summary
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