Peggy Kelleher, BA, Classical Language, Chestnut Hill College, MA, Teaching of English, Manhattanville College
Three Classes on April 5, 12, 19 at 10:30 – 12:00
(Zoom ONLY)
So often we concentrate on the heroes of the ancient world to the exclusion of the heroines involved in the vast sweep of history. Who were these women, and what were they doing while the men fought on the battlefield? Did they have any part to play in the “action” of war?
4/5: Women as Disruptors & Restorers: Helen & Penelope
4/12: Women as Warriors: Penthesilea, Queen of the Amazons, and the goddesses Athena, Artemis,
Aphrodite & Hera
4/19: Women as Spoils of War: Briseis & Chryseis, Cassandra, Hecuba, & Andromache