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Pandora context (3)
-Greece -Written by Hesiod -First woman
Pandoras gifts (4)
-aphrodite :charm -Hephaestus: goddess looks -Athena:handy craft -Hermes: cunning
What is the only thing left in the pithos after Pandora let all the evils escape?
Hope
Who was Pandora taken in by?
Epimetheus
Hellen in Iliad (5)
Greek
Written by Homer
She is admired by her beauty "like an immortal goddess"
She is unwanted in troy because her beauty is problematic
She regrets leaving her family
Helens actual husband (2)
Meneleaus King of Sparta
Helen left for
Paris
Who Is Priam
Helens father in law
Helen in Euripides
Written by Euripedes
She is presented as someone who had no control over her whole life
She blames herself for the trojan war
She fled to Egypt
She is struggling to protect her virginity from the king of Egypt, Proteus
Sabine women
Rome
Written by Livy
Romulus ordered the Sabine women to be kidnapped
They were fickle and soon fell for their new husbands
How did the Sabine women stop the battle between the Romans and the Sabines?
They moved the arguing men so much by risking there lives to tell them to stop fighting
Tarpeia (3)
Written by Livy
Rome
Daughter of general Spurius Tarpeius
Tarpeia story
Tarpeia said she would let the Sabines into Rome if they gave her their jewelry but instead they crushed her to death with their shields
Alternate Tarpeia
Asked for their shields instead of jewellery
Lucretia context (3)
Rome
Written by Livy
Upper-class woman
Lucretia respect
She died by a dagger which was the manly way to die instead of poison which was more common for women
What was the name of Lucretia husband?
Collantinus
Who was Hellen the daughter of
Zeus and Leda
What was Helen renowned for (2)
-beauty -Demi-god
What did Tyndareus do?
Evoked the oath all of Helen’s suitors took
Who was Romulus
The first king of Rome
Who was the Sabine king
Titus
Who was sextus Tarquinius superbus
Raped Lucretia Prince of Rome
Lucretia story (4)
-most virtuous -got raped -asked for justice -killed herself
What did the poet Ovid say about Lucretia
She was a matrona with manly values
How much control did the Kyrios have over his daughters?
Full control until marriage
Athens had no...
State education system
Young Athenian girls would usually be educated...
at home by their mother
Athenian girls would be taught to...(4):
Spin wool
manage house hold finances
weave
cook
Why were dowries important in Athens?(2):
Incentive for men not to leave the marriage
To support the new family
Who were roman women under the control of?
The paterfamilias
During the roman naming ceremonies the family would...[3]:
Make offerings
Have a party for family and friends
Give the child gifts and a Bulla
What is a Bulla used for?
To ward off evil spirits
When would the child give up the Bulla?
When the child entered adulthood
Romans girls would be taught...(3):
Reading
Writing
Arithmetic
What were Roman teachers called?
Literators
What was odd about the spartan militaristic system?
It was heavily reliant on women
Spartan girls engaged in physical training so that they could...
Withstand childbirth
Who is Lycourgos?
A legendary law maker that established spartan way of life
The first female winner of the Olympic games was...
A spartan named Cynisca
Differences to Athenian and Spartan women(4):
Spartans were not only baby makers
Spartans could buy land
Spartans could talk politics
Spartans could chose who they wanted to marry
Why was Cynisca famous? (2):
She was a spartan legend
She owned a champion chariot team
Spartan society was the only Greek society that...
provided an education system for girls
What was a Spartan woman's most important role?
To produce healthy sons to be good warriors
Spartan women did not do...(3):
House work
Spinning
Weaving
An essential role for a Spartan woman was to... [2]:
Install Spartan values on their children
Send her child of to the Agoge at the age of 7
How were Spartan women portrayed?(3):
Athletic
Opinionated
Bossy
Why do Spartan women not need to weave?
Women had to focus on physical strength to birth a healthy child
How did Lycourgos encourage healthy children?
He made it so that men could not choose a woman at any time they had to wait until the woman was more mature
Spartan women were free to..
Leave the house unescorted
Restrictions Spartan women had to bare[2]:
They had to send their sons away to the agoge
If their husbands asked them to have sex with another man they had to do it
Spartan women used to say...
‘Son, either with your shield or on it”
What was said to be the greatest glory an Athenian kyria could achieve?
avoiding criticism
The most important duty of an Athenian Kyria was...
producing a male son
What were unmarried girls referred as in Athens?
Parthenos
The Kyria would not be allowed to leave the house without...
a male escort
A kyria had to...[3]:
Manage the house hold slaves
train the new slaves
Oversee production of textiles
What is a Gyne?
A kyria who has had a child and has been wed
Why was it important that the Kyria produced male heirs?
So that the heir can carry the name of the house hold
Wives in Athens were expected to be...
absolutely faithful to their husbands
Athenian female domestic slaves(5):
Prostitutes or domestic slaves
They were allowed to go out in public to run errands for the Kyria
They would answer the doors
Look after children
Collect water
The Spartans believed that...
the slaves should do the domestic tasks
Spartan women were responsible for managing...
the family's kleros(farm)
Once a Roman girl is married she is called a...
Matrona
What would a roman woman be called if she married the paterfamilias?
A Materfamilias
Materfamilias had authority over(3);
Slaves
Children
Dependent unmarried women of the household
Matronas in poor families would...(4):
Cook
Clean
spinning and weaving
look after children
A Matrona in a wealthy family would...(3):
oversee the slaves
read books
keep up with politics
How did Female domestic slaves help to ensure the smooth running of an Athenian household?
By helping the kyria
The quality of life of a female slave depended on...
The temperament of their masters
Spartan Marriage match making customs(4):
Young men and women would have plenty of opportunities to interact
There was no dowry
Main purpose was to produce children
Spartan girls married later than in Athens
Athenian marriage customs(4):
They were arranged by the kyrios as soon as the bride reached puberty
Marriages were handled like business deals
They would swear a solemn oath in front of witnesses
Relationships must be beneficial for both families
Athenian wedding ceremony day one(2):
Day one would be a feast between the bride and her female friends
Bride would make sacrifices to Artemis; a lock of hair and childhood toys
How long are Athenian weddings?
3 days
Athenian wedding ceremony day two(5):
Ritual bath for bride
After she would dress in the fines clothes and jewellery
Kyrios would host a wedding feast
After there is a torch light procession
Bride is dragged away from her mother by groom
Athenian wedding ceremony day three(3):
Bride's female attendants will be outside the room
Singing of wedding songs
Gifts given
Greek and Roman marriages were rarely...
based on love
What were the purposes of roman marriages?(3):
Solidifying businesses
Improving the social standing
Financial gain due to dowrys
Roman Cum Manu weddings(2):
The woman could inherit property from her husband
She would be adopted into the husband's family
Roman Sine Manu weddings(4):
More common
Women would inherit from their blood family
Money would stay in immediate family
Do not require a dowry
Children in Cum Manu marriages:
Belong to the same family as their mother and father
Children in Sine Manu marriages:
Belong to only the father's family
Why were Athenian adultery laws so severe?
So the legitimacy of the heir could not be questioned
From the moment both roman families agree on the dowry...
The couple is considered married
What were the 2 types of Greek prostitutes?
Hetairai
Pornai
In Greece there was no...
stigma attached to males visting prostitutes
Greek laws did not consider ... to be adulterous
sex with registered prostitutes
Pornai(4):
General prostitutes that worked at brothels
Viewed negatively
They advertised on the streets
The money went to their masters
Hetairai(4):
They were free women
They could buy and sell land
Were educated
had talents like music,dancing poetry
Similarities between pornai and Hetairai(3):
Sex for money
Male clients
Both legal
What was the name of Pericles' hetairai mistress?
Aspasia
Why were the hetairai educated?(2):
To engage in witty banter
To please men in any way
How was prostitution seen in Rome?
It was a shameful profession [infamia]
What is a Meretrix?
A roman female prostitute
What did a meretrix wear?
A toga
Prostitution carries the statue...
infamis
Why were prostitutes infamis?
because someone else was controlling their bodies
What can we tell about Clodia based on her depiction by Ciero and catallus?[5]:
She is very sexually active
She is immodest
She is primiscuous
" She has made a habbit of attending banquets of men she does not know"
"She established herself in the life of a harlot"
Name other professions that were seen as 'Infamis'[2]:
Gladiators
Actors
Porne brothels [3]:
Were often in slum areas
Unpleaseant
Unhygeinic
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