Last minute final exam Flashcards
Amator
poet-lover
e.g. of Amator
Cynthia with Propertius (you were praising me)
What is the importance of Amator
rejection of public life
puella docta
educated woman
e.g. of puella docta
Cynthia–reads propertius poetry and praises him
Cultus
elegant
importance of cultus
women were respected to be elegant but they didn’t want him to be elegant in bed
Who was Tibullus mistress
Delia, Nemesis
Who is Propertius mistress
Cynthia
Who is ovid’s mistress
Corinna
Who is Gallus’s mistress
Lycoris
“While you’ve (who) got the pristine blossom of youth, use it. It slips away on light feet” (author)
Delia; Tibullus
“That fight yesterday by lamplight was a pleasure for me (Who), so many curses, your (who) voice enraged, when crazy, drunk, you thrust your table away, and threw full wine bowls, your hand insane”
Propertius; Cynthia
I love and I hate, why do I do this you ask. I know not, but I (who) feel it happening, and I am tortured
Catullus
In love, I want to feel pain, or to listen to someone in pain, to see tears, either mine (who) or yours (who)
Propertius; Cynthia
“I don’t love what couldn’t hurt me (who) Cunning Corinna saw this weakness of mine, a tricky girl”
Ovid’s
“How often, when she (who) was fine, she’d fake a headache and tell me to leave, while I (who) lingered, heavy-footed.”
Corinna; Ovid
“That gets me (who) off…a girl who wants to rule should trick her (who) lover
Ovid; Corinna
“No mistress will ever leave tracks on my (who) bed, I’ll be alone, since I’m not allowed to be yours (who)
Propertius; Cynthia
“Yet I (who) held her, all in vain, completely slack, lay there a limp reproach, a burden to the bed; though I wanted it, and the girl (who) wanted it too. I could get no more from my exhausted parts. (title)
Ovid; Corinna; Amores
“______ was overjoyed, of course, when that law was repealed: we’d wept for ages in case it might divide us. Jupiter himself can’t separate two lovers against their will. “But Ceaser’s mighty.’ But Ceaser’s might’s in armies: conquered people are worth nothing in love”
Cynthia
” is it for me (who) to supply sons for our country’s triumphs? There’ll be no soldiers from my line. But if I follow the true camp of my mistress (who). Castor’s horse will not be grand enough for me”
Propertius; Cynthia
Who found a legal loophole?
Vistilia
Who is Vistilia’s husband
Titidius
What did Vistilia do
Cheated and to avoid prosecution, she registered as a prostitute since laws against adultery didn’t apply to them
Eurgetism
public work that benefits the community
Sua pecunia
with her own money
e.g. of Sua pecunia fecit
Ummidia Quadratilla build a theatre
Who was a benefactor in pompeii
Eumachia
Ara Pacis
imperial motherhood
e.g. of Ara pacis
Livia Drusilla
Who writes of Aemilia
Polybius
