CLAS 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Aegean Civilizations, Gynoecium, Helladic Period

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 1000
• Professor: John Walsh

Document Summary

In this essay you can expand on any section: discuss the greek bronze age, addressing both its origins and eventual collapse. Support your discussion with specific examples and evidence: literally memorize a chapter and become a pro at it, women and the greek household, gender and sexuality there is the constant theme of rape and abduction. Zeus begins greek civilization by abduction and raping a women from phoenicia: greeks story are full of abduction abduction of helen as seen in some vase decoration. Zeus was always abducting woman, he also abducted young adolescent boys. Women worked in the women section, where they were devoted to attending to their children and making clothes: athenaeus" deipnosophists great power over men. In this piece of work, reference is made to the female practice of showing the female body. Make reference to the power female sexuality have. They were thought to present so much power in their sexuality.