Women in Antiquity

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Greek and Roman Women

• Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World features bibliographies, essays, anthology of primary and secondary sources, images, syllabi, and more!
• Nancy Demand, The Asclepion, provides information on health and medicine in the ancient cultures of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome.
• Classical Myth: the Ancient Sources.  Includes both images of and texts about the Olympian gods
• Jennifer Goodall Powers, Greek and Roman Weddings (CTCWeb)
• Internet Women's History Sourcebook contains translations of primary texts by and about women
• Perseus Project, an evolving digital library on ancient Greece (and Rome). Images, texts, maps, essays, on-line Greek-English lexicon, plus much more. Great site for students of Greek art, archaeology, history, literature, and language.
• VRoma:  A Virtual Community for the Teaching and Learning of Classics
  • Riley Collection of Roman Portrait Sculpture, features portraits of emperors and senators, as well as men, women and children during the height of the Roman empire: images, descriptions, family trees, teaching materials, additional links and more. Women in the collection:
    Roman matron
    Antonine Woman as Venus
    Young Roman Girl
    Syrian Woman
• Women's life in the Greek World, a part of the exhibit, The Ancient Greek World (Penn)

Courses on Women in Antiquity

• Laura McClure's lecture notes for Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World
• Marilyn Skinner's lecture notes for Women in the Greek and Roman World
• Marilyn Katz's course, Women and the Polis, contains assignments, projects, links, bibliographies, etc.
• David Noy's courses, Women in the Greek World (currently off-line) and Women in the Roman World, include lecture notes, assignments, and lots of links
• Chris Witcombe, Images of women in ancient art (Sweet Briar)

Images on the Web

• The female figure in Greek sculpture; Roman Art and Architecture (University of Colorado)
• Images of Women in ancient Greece (Princeton)
• Images of women in Egypt, Greece, Etruria, and Rome (Marilyn Skinner)
• Perseus Art and Archaeology Browser
• VRoma Image Archive
• Aeria Search Engine will search the Erlangen Internet Archive for photographs and exhibits of ancient sculpture
• Bearers of Meaning: The Ottilia Buerger Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins (Lawrence University)
• Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins
• Anatomy of a Roman Coin explains what certain images and some important abbreviations mean (Calgary Coin)
• Maecenas: Images of ancient Greece and Rome (primarily architecture)
• Diotima's Art Links includes an extensive set of links to museums and on-line exhibits

Using the MOO

• Short list of MOO commands
• Building on the MOO
• Guidelines for Successful Building
• Examples of Student Building Projects on the MOO: Young Roman Girl
• VRoma Web Gateway

Links to More Information

• Electronic Resources for Classicists
• Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology
• Exploring Ancient World Cultures
• Voice of the Shuttle: Gender Studies Page; Humanities Home Page