Class Session
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Content of the Session
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Readings and/or Résumés
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Assignments & Exercises
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1.1
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Introduction to the Course: Rationale, Procedures, Protocals, Evaluation
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C. Cavafy, “Ithaca” W. Curran, "Only Connect"
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Games of Venus, Introduction pp. 1 -50, due
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1.2
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Methodologies and Caveats: anachronism, heuristic approaches, definition of terms: eros, agape,philia, eromenos, erastes , hetaira
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2.3
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Images of the femnine: the faithful wife, the siren, the seductress, the witch
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Homer, “Odyssey”:
(In-class selections)
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Sappho corpus.
Due: 3.6
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2. 4
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The wise prostitute: “Gilgamesh” discussion.
(In-class readings and discussion)
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Résumé
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3. 5
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Introduction to Greek lyric: feminist
and homosexual voices; Eroticism and paideia
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Theogonis, Ibycus, Callimachus. Due: 4.7
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3. 6
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Sappho corpus discussion
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Criteria and Guidelines for midterm paper.
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Plato: “Symposium” ""Aristophanes speech"
Due: 6. 10
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4. 7
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Theogonis, Ibycus, Callimachus discussion
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Résumé
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4. 8
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Zeus progenitor: sex among the gods
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Midterm paper topics due.
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5. 9
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Eroticism and sexuality in philosophy
and rhetoric: Gorgias and Plato
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Gorgias, “Enconium to Helen”
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Plato: “Phaedrus”
Due: 7. 13
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6. 10
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Plato, “Symposium” discussion
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Résumé
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6. 11
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Plato, “Symposium” (con’t): Women
and Wisdom: Diotima
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Aristophanes, “Lysastrata”. Due: 9. 16
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7. 12
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Eroticism in classical Greek art
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Visuals
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7. 13
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Plato, “Phaedrus”: Eroticism and rhetoric.
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8. 14
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Plato, “Phaedrus” (con’t)
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Euripides, “Alcestis”, “Medea” Due: 10. 17
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8. 15
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Plato, “Phaedrus” (con’t)
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Résumé
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9. 16
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Discusion, Aristophanes, “Lysistrata”: Women on Strike
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Short, oral reports on papers
Lucian, Erotes
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Midterm papers due.
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10. 17
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Discussion of Eurpides: “Alcestis”, “Medea”
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Plutarch, “On Love”,
“On Marriage” Due: 11.20
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10. 18
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New social perspectives: Hellenism
Discussion of Lucian, Erotes
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Criteria and Guidelines for final paper
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11 19
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And now the Romans….the new face of women; a new sexual code.
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Résumé
The XXII Tables
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Livy: the “Lupa”, Lucretia, the Rape of the Sabines, Verginia.
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11. 20
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Marriage and sexuality in Roman law
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Selected laws and inscriptions
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Selections from Catullus, Horace, Propertius, Vergil and Juvenal
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12. 21.
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Latin erotic poetry: Catullus and Propertius Reason and passions
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Selections
Final paper topics due
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12. 22
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Latin erotic poetry: Horace and Vergil
(Ecologue 2), “Aeneid” Book IV
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Selections
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Tertullian, Jerome,
“Letter 22”, Gregory of Nyssa, “On Virginity”, Augustine, “On Marriage”,” On Virginity” Due: 13.26
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12- 23
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Latin erotic poetry: Ovid, “Art of Love”
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Selections
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13. 24
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Latin erotic poetry: Juvenal: Misoginy
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Résumé
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13. 25
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Christian perspectives: Denial as Holiness, Institutional control of sexuality. Influence of Manichism
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Paul, selections from
“Letters”
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13. 26
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Discussion of Tertullian and Jerome
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13. 27
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Discussion of Gregory of Nyssa and Augustine
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13 28
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Review and Overview
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13. 29
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Final exam
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Final Papers due. Short, oral reviews of papers.
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