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We start with a theatre, and two moments of astonishing gender transgression. One happened in a theatre on a hillside in the center of Athens on a spring day in late March of 431 BCE. The second happened there sixteen years later, in... more
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      Gender StudiesGreek TragedyGender and SexualityGender studies in ancient Greece
An essay on the ancient Greek feminine fertility cult, The Thesmophoria, and its oftentimes harsh rules against male participation.
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      Ancient Greek ReligionGender studies in ancient GreeceAncient GreeceAncient Greek Literature
Eurípides, entre os três tragediógrafos canônicos da Grécia clássica, é aquele de quem a Antiguidade nos legou maior quantidade de material biográfico. Percorrendo esse material, nota-se a persistente caracterização do poeta como misógino... more
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      Gender StudiesGreek TragedyGreek TheatreGender studies in ancient Greece
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      ReligionHistoryAncient HistoryEconomic History
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      Gender studies in ancient GreeceAncient Greek IconographyGreek Vases
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      Women in the ancient worldVase PaintingGender studies in ancient GreeceAncient Greek and Roman Art
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      Gender studies in ancient GreeceGreek and Roman Sculpture
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      Gender studies in ancient GreeceAncient Greek IconographyGreek PotteryGeometric and archaic Greece
Syllabus for a good class I inherited which fulfills the Diversity Requirement of this campus. It serves as an introduction to Greek and Roman history and culture, plus a look at Diversity-keyed issues such as poverty, ethnicity,... more
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      Roman HistorySpartan history & modern receptionGender studies in ancient GreeceClassical Reception Studies
This volume argues that ancient Greek girls and early Christian virgins and their families made use of rhetorically similar traditions of marriage to an otherworldly bridegroom in order to handle the problem of a girl’s denied or... more
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      Early ChristianityGender studies in ancient GreeceEarly Church FathersWomen in ancient Greece
The aim of this book is to make The Dialogues of the Courtesans by Lucian of Samosata (c. 120 CE –190) accessible to intermediate students of Ancient Greek. The running vocabulary and grammatical commentary are meant to provide... more
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      Second SophisticGender studies in ancient GreeceAncient Greek LanguageAncient Greek Literature
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      ReligionComparative ReligionMythology And FolkloreAncient History
This book offers a new interpretation of ancient Greek sacrifice in early Greek myth and poetry. Through close readings of the Theogony, the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, the Homeric Hymn to Hermes and the Odyssey in conjunction with recent... more
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      MythologyClassicsGreek LiteratureHomer
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      Women in the ancient worldGender studies in ancient GreeceClassical MythologyAncient Greek and Roman Art
On the threshold of separating humans from animals, we can trace not only taxonomic and cognitive issues but also power dynamics through literature and language. Anthropology has long started focusing on the normative function of the... more
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      Gender StudiesAnimal StudiesGender studies in ancient Greece
Dionysus has always been a god of mystery and subversion. This paper discusses how Dionysus bends the perception of gender and gender roles in Ancient Greece.
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      ClassicsGreek MythGender studies in ancient GreeceAncient Greek Literature
Scenes of textile production on Athenian vases are often interpreted as confirming the oppression of women, who many argue were confined to "women's quarters" and exploited as free labor. However, reexamination of the... more
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      History of TextilesTextile ArchaeologyGreek ArchaeologyGender studies in ancient Greece
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      Ancient HistoryClassicsFeminist TheoryWomen
This chapter investigates the relation between gender and slavery among the Greeks and Romans. It considers the gendered division of labour for enslaved people with a special emphasis on enslaved females and female enslavers in the... more
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      Gender HistoryHistory of SlaveryGender studies in ancient GreeceAncient Greek History
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      ArchaeologyAnthropologyIconographyGender History
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      Gender studies in ancient GreeceAncient Greek Dress
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      Dress and the BodyAncient Greece (Anthropology)Dress and Personal Adornment (Archaeology)Gender studies in ancient Greece
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      Women in the ancient worldGender studies in ancient GreeceClassical MythologyAncient Greek and Roman Art
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      Caricature (Visual Studies)Greek ArchaeologyGender studies in ancient GreeceAncient Greek Iconography
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      Gender StudiesIconographyCaricature (Visual Studies)Greek Archaeology
In lieu of an abstract, here is a preview of the article: When Helen offers Telemachus a robe she herself has made in book 15 of the Odyssey, she bestows her gift with the hope that it will act as "a monument to the hands of Helen"... more
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      Greek LiteratureHomerWomen in the ancient worldGreek Epic
Gender studies and queer theory explore issues of sexuality, power, and marginalized populations (woman as other) in literature and culture. Much of the work in gender studies and queer theory, while influenced by feminist criticism,... more
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      Queer Theory (Literature)Gender and Sexuality StudiesGender and religion (Women s Studies)Gender studies in ancient Greece
This book is some sense summarizes a long-lasting discussion about the character of religious community, which was headed by poet Sappho in Lesbos. Since the epithet ‘ιοκολπος (,,with a violet breast“) is attested not only, as is commonly... more
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      Ancient HistoryClassical ArchaeologyGender StudiesClassics
Herodotus’ view of Blackness is discussed only in relation to his 2.104 passage where he describes the Egyptian physical appearance. This is a consequence of the modern debate on ancient Egyptian racial identity. Inevitably, commentators... more
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      HistoryAncient HistoryBlack Studies Or African American StudiesAfrican Studies
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      Gender studies in ancient GreeceDress and Gender as a lens for Classical AntiquityAncient Greek DressHistory of Greek Art
This paper aims to reassess the role of sister- and siblinghood in the fragmentary 'Tereus' of Sophocles, a play unusual in its dramatization of a close and collaborative relationship between two sisters. The plot hinges on their... more
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      Gender StudiesMythologyClassicsGreek Literature
Es ist kein Spezifikum der Antike und schon gar nicht der angeblich besonders aggressiven römischen Art der Kriegsführung, dass Frauen gemeinsam mit anderen verstärkt schutzbedürftigen Gruppen wie Kindern, Kranken und Alten, einer im... more
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      Gender studies in ancient GreeceAncient Military Historygender studies, women in ancient RomeGreek and Roman siege warfare
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      Ancient HistoryClassical ArchaeologyGender StudiesClassics
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      Gender studies in ancient GreeceAncient Greek Dress
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      ClassicsArt HistorySex and GenderGender studies in ancient Greece
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      ReligionAncient Egyptian ReligionComparative ReligionMythology And Folklore
An exploration of instances of male maturation in social, biological and literary terms.
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      AnthropologyMasculinityGreek ReligionAncient Greek Religion
This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Özge Şimşekdir in 2019. It focuses on shaping of gender and sexuality in ancient Greek and Roman world. Thus, it is a sample study of... more
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      ArchaeologyClassical ArchaeologyGender StudiesClassics
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      Mythology And FolkloreHistoryAncient HistoryCultural History
This  essay briefly discusses the Hieros Gamos rites, specifically focusing on Cyprus and it's unique ability to unite both Greek and Sumerian rites in it's initiation ceremonies
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      Sumerian ReligionAncient HistoryClassicsCyprus Studies
Course Description: This course offers an introduction to the history of ancient Greece from the Bronze Age to the end of the Hellenistic Age (roughly the 16 th to the 1 st centuries BCE), drawing on both source materials and modern... more
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      Creative WritingAncient Egyptian ReligionHistoryAncient History
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      Ancient HistoryHellenistic HistoryAncient ReligionAncient Greek Religion
This is a review of *Race and Ethnicity in the Classical World: An Anthology of Primary Sources in Translation*, edited by Rebecca F. Kennedy et al (Hackett Publishing, 2013).
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      HistoryAncient HistoryClassicsGreek Literature
----Cite this: Triaridou, Nina. “Lamia, Sirens, and Female Monsters: Feminist Reframings of Classical Myth in 19th Century Literature.” Antigone Journal, 31 March 2022,... more
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      SemioticsComparative LiteratureMythologyRomanticism
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      Gender StudiesGreek ComedyGender HistoryReligion and Sexuality
THIS IS THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF MY CONTRIBUTION TO G. DUBY, M. PERROT AND P. SCHMITT-PANTEL EDS., "HISTOIRE DES FEMMES EN OCCIDENT", TOME 1, PARIS, PLON, 1991.
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      HistoryAncient HistoryIntellectual HistoryCultural History
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      Women in the ancient worldGender RolesGender studies in ancient GreeceAncient Greek History
This chapter considers the influence and context of the Alexandrian neo-Platonic philosopher and mathematician known as Hypatia (.370-414 CE), as part of the Candice Goucher's superb edited collection on Women Who Changed the World.
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      Gender HistoryGender and PhilosophyGender studies in ancient GreeceAncient Egyptian History
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      Gender StudiesWar StudiesGender studies in ancient GreeceAncient Warfare