CLS 239 ROMAN WOMEN: PUELLA, MATRONA, MERETRIX

Primary Sources:
Dixon, Suzanne. Reading Roman Women: Sources, Genres, and Real Life. London: Duckworth, 2001
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Apollo
Catullus, Allison Barker
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Arethusa: Women in the Ancient World, Vol II.1-2 (Spring-Fall 1978)
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Ann R. Raia
Associate Professor of Classics
The College of New Rochelle