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Paris, France - Course Descriptions - Daughters of Hera and Hecate: Women's Life in Ancient Greece and Rome, 800 BC-300 AD

Course Information

Subject: European Cultural Studies (ECS)
Number: 205
Language of Instruction: English

Contact Hours and Credits

Semester Session: 60 contact hours, 4 semester credits, 6 quarter credits

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Summary

Studies selections from ancient law, medicine, literature, and philosophy to illuminate the position of women in Antiquity. Aims to form an opinion as to how what was written and portrayed relates to our hypotheses as to what actually happened. Discusses the mystification--the Great Mother Goddess--leading to an examination of marriage and maternity in relation to ethical, metaphysical, and legal presuppositions.

Full Description

Studies selections from ancient law, medicine, literature, and philosophy to illuminate the position of women in Antiquity. Aims to form an opinion as to how what was written and portrayed relates to our hypotheses as to what actually happened. Discusses the mystification--the Great Mother Goddess--leading to an examination of marriage and maternity in relation to ethical, metaphysical, and legal presuppositions.

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Daughters of Hera and Hecate: Women's Life in Ancient Greece and Rome, 800 BC-300 AD

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