CLA101H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Oral Poetry, Vindolanda, Plebs
Document Summary
Art (verbal and visual) and modes of artistic expression. Pericles funeral oration equality between the rich and the poor citizens (except for slaves and women) Homes in pompeii - progression in show home + access restricted by class. Love elegy crossing of class boundaries due to love. Roman army remarkable for social fluidity. > aristotle was probably talking bout relationships between peers [aristotle did not think slaves and women were human beings] Pericles" funeral oration looks down on women women should not be noticed at all in society -> silent women. Literature: more empowerment for women, iliad started by contest for helen, eumenides the furies + clytemnestra had significant roles. Visual art statues of female deities to celebrate and glorify the female form. Vindolanda tablet unique female voice and insight into female friendship. Both athenian and roman civilizations want citizens to participate in society voting. The rich and the plebeians are separated.
