| [R] The types of women (Semonides) | [R] Euripides, Hecuba Notes to Hecuba | [R] Cartledge, chapter 4 |
| [R] Learn the myths cited in 2.3 | [O] Read Aristotle's
will, A
husband's defence
A marriage contract |
[O] Read Marriage
and divorce (T. Martin)
Inheritance and dowry (T. Martin) |
MON 9/25:
2.1 Semonides 7. Euripides, Hecuba
WED 9/27:
2.2 Women in Greek society.
FRI 9/29:
2.3 Penelope, Alcestis, Procne, Medea, Clytemnestra, Phaedra, Scylla, Medusa. Man-killers: the Danaids, the women of Lemnos.
ADVANCED READINGS FOR TOPIC 6
[A] Read about Helen in Herodotus, Histories, Book 2.
[A] Read Stesichorus' Palinode in this translation or other contemporary translations you will find on the same library stack: PA3622 .C3 1982