Woman in the home Flashcards
What did that comedian say about woman
Aman who teaches a woman to write should recognise he is providing poison to an asp”
History of the Peloponnesian war quote
“The greatest glory will be hers who is least talked of among the men whether for good or for bad”
What is the stele with the grandmother and her grandson
The grave stele of ampharete
What is the stele with the woman and her sevant
The grave stele of hegeso
What was an unmarried girl called in Athens
Parthenos
What was a married girl called in Athens
Nymphe
How could a woman treat infertility
By taking herbal remedies or spending s night in the sanctuary of God Asclepius (God of medicine)
How was Sparta exposure different then Athens
Spartan elders chose wether babies were to live or die based on the strength rather than gender
Why did boys and girls practice naked in Sparta
To banish prudety and encourage fitness
Spartan Polyandry quote
“An old man should introduce to his wife whatever young man he admired for his bodily and mental qualities,so that she might have children by him.”
What was a bulla
An ammulet that would be passed to the next child in hopes that they would be better than the last.
Given so they could survive childhood.
what is cum manu
with hand
bride becomes a part of husbands family and inherits land and money is husband died
requires a dowry to be paid
any children are a part of the same family as the mothers and fathers
what is sin manu
without hand
common amongst wealthy families as they wanted to keep their wealth within their own family
the wife remained a legal part of her original family-could not inherit from her husband but still from her father
do not require a dowry
each year wife has to move out of house for 3 consecutive days if not marriage becomes cum manu
what is coemptio
coemptio-cum manu
bride ‘sold’ by her paterfamilias who would place a coin in a set of scales to symbolised her dowry
what is confarreatio
cum manu and only patrician people had them
the pontifex maximus was present and a pronuba would preside
offerings of salt cake were made to jupiter
what is the pontifex maximus
head priest
what is a pronuba
women who had been married only once
what is usus type wedding
either cum manu or sine manu
couple declared they were married in front of witnessed
most common form of wedding in Rome
what is the laudatio turiae
speech husband made for his wifes funeral (turia) about what a great wife she was
quote from laudatio turiae
“admirable dress sense…devotion to moderation”
what is a metic
resident foriegners
athenian
how could an Athenian slave be freed
By buying there freedom using money they loaned from freed slave or money they master gave them from years of service
Master could just let them go if the became very elderly or ill in his will after death
what is manumission
the freeing of slaves
what os the most important woman slave called in Rome
Vilicia
what did the vilicia manage
managed the other female slaves
tended to the family hearth and shrine
grind flour for bread
preserve food for the winter
what is contubernium
cohabiting
the partnership between men and woman slaves
example of a metic
hetaira
freed slave
what did metics have to do in order to live in Athens
-find a patron if not they could be prosecuted and land they owned be confiscated and sold into slavery
-pay metic tax 12 dramachae for men 6 for women
-metic men were expected to fight for athens in times of war
what could metics not do
-be directly involved in politics could not attend The Assembly,voice opinions or vote
-marry an Athenian citizen or daughter of an Athenian citizen
-If metic woman had a child with an Athenian man they would still not be considered Athenian
