write a formal essay in response. This means that you should not refer to yourself (“I think…”), your reader (“you will see…”), or your paper (“this paper shows…”). You should also avoid contractions (“don’t, won’t,” etc.).
The paper must use the provided excerpts as its foundation. You must use at least three excerpts in your essay
- Sources about Athenian Women
- Lysias. “On the Murder of Eratosthenes.” Stoa Consortium. Accessed 17 April 2021. http://www.yorku.ca/pswarney/Texts/lysias_1.htm.
- Xenophon. “On Men and Women from Oikonomikos, c. 370 BCE.” Ancient History Sourcebook. 20 January 2021. https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/ancient/xenophon-genderroles.asp.
- Sources about Spartan Women
- Aristotle. “Spartan Women.” Ancient History Sourcebook. 20 January 2021. https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/ancient/aristotle-spartanwomen.asp.
- Xenophon. Constitution of the Lacedaimonians. Edited by E. C. Marchant, G. W. Bowersock. Perseus Digital Library. Accessed 17 April 2021. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0210%3Atext%3DConst.+Lac.%3Achapter%3D1.