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Course Catalog 2006-2007 
    
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CLAS 219 - Sexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome


3 HU, WR

Second Semester.  Study of the construction of gender and sexual identities in ancient Greece and Rome.  Emphasis will be on primary texts that demonstrate notions of sexual practice and/or identity, such as Aristophanes’ Thesmophoriazousae, Plato’s Symposium, Lucian’s Dialogue of the Courtesans, Aeschines’ Against Timarchos, Catullus, Martial, Juvenal.  We will also read modern critical theorists (Foucault, Halperin, Richlin, Rubin), and will interrogate the accuracy of their arguments. 

Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment Limit: 30. 

Consent of instructor required.

Mr. Ormand

Credits: 3 hours



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