Category: Literature

This module centers the Homeric Hymn to Demeter as a literary text.  We offer suggestions for how to draw on the Hymn for discussions about gender, family, and social practices in the archaic Greek world. We also share some possibilities for inviting students into imaginative engagement with the ritual context of the text.

What was the ancient Greco-Roman dowry, and how did it appear in representations of marriages? This module examines the dowry as well as the relationships between husbands and wives as characters in the comedy of Greece and Rome, particularly Menander and Plautus. 

Juvenal’s 6^th Satire is famous for its misogyny. In this module, we highlight key passages, suggest useful companion texts to pair with the Satire, and offer a set of discussion questions focusing on misogyny in the Imperial Roman context. A sample lecture and PowerPoint is included.