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CLA /GWS 206: Women in the Ancient World

Dive into Bronze Age women's lives, power dynamics, and gender ideologies through Minoan civilization and ancient art, connecting past to present in small group discussions. Uncover the representations in art, cultural biases, and the role of women, paving the way for a deeper understanding. Prepare for a comprehensive exploration of the ancient world's views on women from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age.

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CLA /GWS 206: Women in the Ancient World

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  1. CLA /GWS 206:Women in the Ancient World Bronze Age Women

  2. Plan for Today • Small group discussions • Representational art as a source • Minoan Women • Homework for Friday

  3. Representational Art

  4. Representational Art • Enculturation • Artistic conventions • Lack of daily life • Personal and cultural bias Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom

  5. TIMELINE OF CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY Greece ANCIENT CLASSICAL LATE BRONZE AGE IRON AGE ARCHAIC HELLENISTIC ROMAN 1200 BCE 700 BCE 480 BCE 323 BCE 330 CE 31 BCE ANCIENT Rome Early Minoan/Early Helladic 2900 – 1900 BCE MONARCHY REPUBLIC EMPIRE 476 CE 510 BCE 27 BCE Middle Minoan/ Middle Helladic 1900 – 1600 BCE Late Minoan/Late Helladic 1600 – 1150 BCE

  6. Bronze Age Aegean Minoan Crete • Knossos • Sir Arthur Evans (1851-1941) • Palace complex • King Minos • Labrys • Linear A • Evans interpretation: peaceful, matriarchy, goddess-worshipping

  7. A land called Crete… There is a land called Crete… Ringed by the wine-dark sea with rolling whitecaps— Handsome country, fertile, thronged with people Well past counting—boasting ninety cities, Language mixing with language side-by-side… Central to all their cities is magnificent Knossos, The site where Minos ruled and each ninth year Conferred with almighty Zeus himself. (Odyssey 19.194-204; tr. Fagles)

  8. Bronze Age Aegean Minoan Crete • Knossos • Sir Arthur Evans (1851-1941) • Palace complex • King Minos • Labrys • Linear A • Evans interpretation: peaceful, matriarchy, goddess-worshipping

  9. THE GRANDSTAND FRESCO Knossos c. 1550-1500

  10. BULL-LEAPING FRESCO Knossos c. 1600-1550

  11. “SNAKE GODDESS” FIGURINES Knossos c. 1600 BCE

  12. Gendered architecture? Hall of the Double Axes Queen’s Megaron

  13. Gendered architecture? Reconstruction by Piet de Jong

  14. SQ3R...errr 5R • Text: info to help you find source again/cite source • Survey: looking at title (of chapter, lecture) try to figure out how this source might relate to concerns of course • Questions: what concerns you’ll address as you read; formulate specific questions you want to find answers for from your reading • What can these passages tell us about women’s lives in the Bronze Age?: marriage, women and power, women and slavery • What can they tell us about Iron Age gender ideologies? • Read, Recite, & Record: read with your questions in mind and write down answers with brief notes • Relate: What surprised you? How does it relate to what you knew before? What new questions does it raise? • Review: Periodically return to this exercise and refine it; use it to help prep for exams/papers/projects

  15. For Friday Bronze/Iron Age Women • Friday: Homer & The Greek Dark Age • Required Reading: Selections from the Iliad and the Odyssey • Write down (and bring to class) SQ3R for a passage of your choice • Recommended Viewing: “Troy Story: Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey” (link to video on website)

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