CLA219H1 Lecture 4: Women and Religion Detailed continuation of both last week's notes (Roman Households) and this week's notes, which include the Pantheon, Festivals, Oracles, Vestal Virgins, and more. Again notes were taken both in class, and additional notes were
16 Oct 2011
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Kaloikagathoi = noblemen; the beautiful and the good". Assumed people who were good and beautiful were also rich; just how their minds worked. Oeconomicus written by xenophon; both plato and xenophon use the character to. No space specifically set aside as womens" spaces. Perhaps in the homes of the very wealthy but these spaces couldn"t have been that common. Believed they treated their wives/women differently than the greeks did. Believed that displaying the virtuous activities of their women was a reflection of the virtue of the household; see women"s work as important, but ultimately functioning in making the men"s lives better a virtuous wife was a status symbol. Roman women believed their lives were freer than those of greek wives; believed their wives were somehow more virtuous than greek women. Roman women eat with the men, even if they"re at parties, even with men that weren"t a part of their family, unlike greek women.
