WGSS 380A Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Poorhouse, Satyr Play, Pherae

• School: Binghamton University
• Department: Women, Gender & Sexuality
• Course: WGSS 380A
• Professor: Shelly Jones

Document Summary

Week four readings: book 23 of ho(cid:373)er"s the odyssey, euripides"s alcestis, and se(cid:373)o(cid:374)ides"s poe(cid:373) 7 on the types of women) This (cid:449)eek (cid:449)e"(cid:396)e looki(cid:374)g at aspects of wife-dom in relationship to the portrayal of women. These texts look at the expectations for an ideal wife and what that means in the context of ancient society. Keep in mind that this (cid:449)eek (cid:449)e"(cid:396)e all o(cid:448)e(cid:396) the pla(cid:272)e ti(cid:373)e-wise: back euripides (480bc 406bc) and. Homer (~850bc actual dates are unknown) and semonides (7th century bce actual dates are unknown). Many of you are probably familiar with this work or at least the idea of it: odysseus, having fought and succeeded in the trojan war, must make his way back home. This epic poem, a sequel to the iliad, illust(cid:396)ates the te(cid:374) (cid:455)ea(cid:396) (cid:894)he(cid:396)o"s(cid:895) jou(cid:396)(cid:374)e(cid:455) od(cid:455)sseus (cid:373)ust e(cid:374)du(cid:396)e as he atte(cid:373)pts to (cid:396)etu(cid:396)(cid:374) ho(cid:373)e to itha(cid:272)a. Through his journey, odysseus and his men encounter several life-threatening obstacles, including the.