WRIT 125 09 - Dining in Ancient Greece and Rome

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Wellesley College

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Gilhuly (Classical Studies) Plato's Symposium provides one window into the culture of dining in antiquity, revealing how people gathered in ancient Greece to enter-tain and be entertained, to perform music and exchange ideas, to form political ties, and to share food and drink as well as other bodily pleasures. Written texts have provided a primary source of evidence for scholars investigating the social relationships and cultural symbols of ancient Greece and Rome. In this course, we will consider literary materials together with visual and archeological materials to under-stand these cultures. Writing assignments will ask students to assess and make arguments, based on the cultural records, about how these cultures expressed themselves through the distribution of food at the symposium in ancient Greece and the cena in Rome. This course satisfies the WRIT 125 requirement and counts as a unit toward the Classical Studies major. Includes a third session each week. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0

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3.00

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www.wellesley.edu

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(781) 283-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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