Problems imposed by the sources. Households, kinship and life cycles. The gendered construction of time. Masculinity, femininity and sexuality. A detailed list of weekly readings will be distributed at the beginning of term, but several essential books and primary sources are listed below.
Ancient writers are all available in Loeb editions.
The family, women and death. The economic rights of women in ancient Greece. The black hunter. The constraints of desire. Problems imposed by the sources.