1. Classical Civilisation
BHASVIC

6. Component 33 Politics of the Late Republic (Roman history 100-43 BC)
Cicero, Caesar, Pompey,
Cleopatra, Sulla, Marius,
Cato and Octavian
Biography / History

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8. Component 11 – World of the Hero
The Odyssey
Greek literature (in translation)
Homer
Background to the Mycenaean world
Myth and legend
2nd year – The Aeneid

9. The Odyssey Homer The Odyssey Trans. E. V. Rieu 2003 Penguin Classics
Paperback
ISBN:
Amazon.co.uk

10. Women in the Ancient World Quiz

11. Greek Women
Instead of proposing with a diamond ring, a Spartan man would kidnap the girl he wanted to marry, shave her head, dress her as a man and lock her in a dark room. T/F
Athenian women spent most of their lives in a single room of the house and were rarely allowed out in public. T/F
Spartan women were forbidden from owning any property whatsoever even the very clothes they wore.
T/F
Most women in ancient Greece were married to a boy of a similar age. T/F

12. Roman Women What was the Roman punishment for:
Women who went out of the house without covering their heads?
Women who spoke to freedwomen in public?
Women who were caught drinking wine?
Vestal virgins (priestesses) who broke their vow of chastity?

13. Odysseus and Nausicaa

14. Analysis and Discussion
Odyssey – Activity
Lines 124 – 185
Analysis and Discussion
How does Odysseus speech show an understanding of the concerns and attitudes of young women in the ancient world?

15. Summer Homework -WOH
Read the Odyssey Book 1
Complete the worksheet.

16. Summer Homework – Late Republic
Complete the Definitions sheet.
Complete the Biographies sheet.
Read the article and complete the timeline.