Published: April 20, 2018

Subaltern Women, Sexual Violence, and Trauma in Ovid's Amores

Dr. Jessica Wise
Classics Department, Colorado College

Friday, April 20
3:30 PM in HUMN 1B80

Roman Fresco of women dancing

Subaltern Women, Sexual Violence, and Trauma in Ovid's Amores

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