Classical Studies 2902A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Epicurus, Ptolemy Iii Euergetes, Berenice Ii Of Egypt
3 Oct 2017
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Non-royal women: statues, priestly offices, magistracies, public influence/notoriety. Women in the arts and sciences: women"s names on documents and contracts, erinna of telos (poet, polygnota of thebes (harpist, women in scholarly pursuits, epicurus, the cynic philosophers, hipparchia of maroneia (and athens) (fl. 325 bce: she wore male clothing, krates, however: no political equality, voting, holding public office, most women were wives and mothers, papyri from egypt, dowry arrangements, letters, notices of divorce, complaints to authorities. Tanagra figurines: 325 bce, from tanagra in boeotia (greece) Berenice ii: (273-221 bce, real political power, heir to the city of cyrene. Sole heir: very wealthy, racehorses and rose perfume expensive. Owns ships that transfers stuff on nile: earlier than cleo 7, exercised real political power, left mark on poetry and religion, rich af. No problem with a woman on the throne: dedicated a lock of hair. To greek goddess aphrodite and hair vanishes: callimachus, catallus.
