Love, Marriage and the Family in Classical Antiquity

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By analyzing ancient texts and material culture, this course explores how the Greeks and Romans defined and experienced family, with an eye to issues of diversity and social justice. Questions addressed include who had the right to marry, reasons for marriage, the status of marriage, definitions of marriage, divorce, the roles of men, women, and children in the family and household religion, and how the experience of family differed by status (male, female, child, slave, freedman). CO: COM 101 .