Women of the day

Question 1

Aline

Answer 1

1. Also known as Tekos, a mummy found in Ancient Roman Egypt, buried in year 10. Year usually refers to the reign of the current kind, so this was probably 11 BC?
2. Father was Herodes, and since he could afford mummification, he was probably rich
3. She most likely had a husband and two daughters

Question 2

Sapphos of Lesbos

Answer 2

1. The first OG lesbian, around 630-570 BC
2. Lived on Lesbos, made nine books of poetry with lots of female sexuality in them
3. Often called the tenth muse, wrote for introspective self-criticism

Question 3

Regina

Answer 3

1. Lived in 2 AD in North-east England, from the British Celtic tribe of Catuvellani
2. Married to Barates who was a Palmyrene (from Palmyra, splinter state that separated from the Roman empire in 3rd century) from the area of modern day Syria
3. Sculpture found in1878 at Roman South Shields

Question 4

Allia Potestas

Answer 4

1. Reading 57, From Rome, late 3rd century
2. A freedwoman, who was extravagantly loved by two men. Seen as beautiful, courageous, chaste, resolute, honest, and trustworthy

Question 5

Pandora

Answer 5

1. The Greek mythological “first woman
2. Written by Hesiod, described pretty negatively as the reason men’s lives are difficult, she is deceitful, cunning, etc.
3. Beautiful wife for Epimethus, and has lots of stereotypes
4. Opens a jar of evils, and that’s why bad things happen

Question 6

Xanthippe

Answer 6

1. Wife of Socrates, mother of three sons (and probs daughters
2. Portrayed as very nagging and shrewish, known for being sent out of the room when Socrates dies

Question 7

Elagabalus… a man

Answer 7

1. Roman emperor, 218-222 AD, age 16ish
2. The former priest of an indigenous cult in Syria. Tried to get Rome to worship a giant rock
3. Lots of rumours that he was super gay, but it’s hard to say

Question 8

Eucharis

Answer 8

1. Rome, 1 AD, died unmarried at age 14

2. The freed slave of a woman named Licinia. Trained as an entertainer at private and public events

Question 9

Mary, Mother of Jesus

Answer 9

1. Example of multiplicity of marriage customs, legal systems, intersecting with one person’s circumstances
2. Veneration is reminiscent of role often played by women relatives of powerful men in Roman world

Question 10

Penelope

Answer 10

Wife of Odysseus in the Odyssey, by Homer
Super good at not cheating on Homer.
Also smarter than Homer and emotionally complex