Assignment task: Discuss the social and cultural construction of gender and sexuality through relevant representations on Athenian drinking vessels of the 6th and 5th centuries. Answer all the following:
Q1. How did symposia promote mainstream ancient Greek gender constructs about men and women?
Q2. What sexual themes were used on Athenian drinking pots, why, when?
Q3. In what ways did those images reflect and promote socially and culturally constructed ideas about gender and sexuality rather than actual sexual practices?