CLA219H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cornucopia, Proserpina, Themis
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500-323 bc (death of alexander the great: hellenistic period: ca. 323-31 bc (battle of actium: octavian beats cleo + marc) 4: rome (founded in 753 bc, roman republic: ca. 500-mid-first century bc (monarchy overthrown in 509 bc; Imperial period: rome as new political power (greece = province in 146 bc) civil wars in 1st century bc lead to end of the republic: roman empire: ca. 30 bc-3rd century ad: late antiquity: ca. These time periods were chiefly patriarchal and women could make very little life choices. Misogyny: the hatred of women: women have to be tamed, women have to be kept in the house. Born from member of uranus (hesiod)/daughter of zeus and dione (homer) Mother of eros (cupid: when aphrodite cheats with ares, hepestaus creates a net and traps them during affair. Mortal lovers: anchises (son: aeneas, founder of rome) and adonis (caesar says he decends from aeneas)
