There is a general perception that almost all writing in antiquity was by men. However, some important literature written by women has survived, and many other women writers published work that has not been preserved. This unit covers writers from Sappho, who lived in the seventh century BCE, through to Eudocia and Egeria in the fifth century CE. The unit reviews what we know about women writers, and looks at topics such as the authenticity of texts attributed to women and places literature by women into the wider literary and social context of the ancient Graeco-Roman world. -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Ian Plant
Prerequisites: Admission to MA in (Ancient History or Coptic Studies or ECJS or Egyptology or History or Late Antiquity or Ancient Art and Architecture) or PGDipArts in (Ancient History or ECJS) or PGCertArts in (Ancient History or Coptic Studies)
