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CLAS 3040

Women and Gender in Ancient Greece and Rome

Course Description

Disciplines

Artistic, Interpretive, & Philosophical Inquiry, Historical Perspectives, Second Writing

This course focuses on women's roles and lives in Ancient Greece and Rome. Students are introduced to the primary material (textual and material) on women in antiquity and to current debates about it. Subjects addressed will include sexual stereotypes and ideals, power-relations of gender, familial roles, social and economic status, social and political history, visual art, medical theory, and religion. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.