CLA219H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Misogyny, Blackboard, Theogony
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First class - intro. to the course and the goddesses. Classes run for about an hour and a half rather than 2 hours. Slides & terms will be posted on blackboard after the lecture. Search for textbook on blackboard, other readings will be posted on blackboard. Archaeological/material evidence (ex. temples, archaeological digs that yield objects) Most of these things are made by males, and focus on male"s perspective of women. Polis : city-states that had their own constitutions and rules. We know most about athens, so most of our info. comes from athens. Greek tragedy and a lot of texts come out of this period. 431-401 bc was a war with sparta, so a lot of literature stops. Death of alexander the great ends this period. One of alexander"s men, ptolemy, become main power in egypt (city called. Imperial: after 31 bc, rome takes power. Roman empire: 30 bc - 3rd century ad.
