In the following questions, wherever it is stipulated that at least 2 separate sources from the course be used, this means that students must demonstrate knowledge of and engagement with the entirety of each of those 2 texts. Do NOT just refer to a single passage from a text as this does not demonstrate a thorough understanding of the full text. For instance, if you choose to use Homer’s Odyssey and Ovid’s Amores as your texts, this means that you must engage with Books 22-24 of the Odyssey and Book 1 of the Amores and not simply a single passage from Book 23 of the Odyssey and a single poem from Book 1 of the Amores.
1. Using evidence from at least 2 separate sources from this course, discuss the role of gender an sexuality in the ancient world and how this manifests itself in ancient literature.
Questions you may think about could include how do these portrayals differ or remain the same from one text to another? What changes and what does not between literary genres? How do issues of gender operate across social and class lines in ancient literature?
