How do issues of gender operate across social-class lines in ancient literature?

Ancient text

Question
1. Using evidence from at least 2 separate sources from this course, discuss the role of gender and sexuality in the ancient world and how this manifests itself in ancient literature.

Questions you may think about could include (but are not limited to) how do these portrayals differ or remain the same from one text to another? What changes and what does not between literary genres? How do issues of gender operate across social and class lines in ancient literature?