Love and Eros in Ancient Rome

Course Description:

This course focuses on the role of love and sexuality in the everyday life in Ancient Rome. Exploration of selected readings (Ovid, Horace, Petronius, Catullus, Juvenal and other authors) concentrates on the representation of women, family, children and slaves during the last decades of Republican Rome and the imperial times. The questions of gender identity and views on homosexuality, prostitution, female and male seduction are considered. Finally, the course brings together instructions for finding love and love-making found in the text and the existing ancient roman topography.  

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Schedule:

• Monday 5:00-6:15

• Wednesday 5:00-6:15

Lesson Format: In-classroom lectures and discussions

Keywords: CLASSICAL STUDIES 

Faculty: Danica Pušić

Pre-Requisites: None

Enrollment Limited to 14

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