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Showing posts with label gender norms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gender norms. Show all posts
Saturday, August 24, 2024

Wilgefortis, Protected By The Beard of Christ [from Acta Sanctorum Mensis Julius]

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Hail, Wilgefortis, holy servant of Christ! You loved Christ with all of your heart and, when you rejected a marriage to the king of Sici...
Sunday, August 11, 2024

Keep Me In Your Hearts, Friends! Egeria' s last note home

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  Name :   Egeria Date :   4th century CE Region :   [modern Spain] Citation :    Journey Abroad 1.23.10 Ege...
Wednesday, July 24, 2024

The Gender-Bending Vision of St. Perpetua

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The Gender Bending Vision of St. Perpetua Name :  St. Perpetua Date :  203 CE Region :  Madaura [modern Algeria] Citation...
Thursday, July 18, 2024

Mourning the loss of a friend: Antye, Greek Anthology 7.490

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  Name : Antye Date :       3rd century BCE Region :      Tegea [modern Greece] Citation: Greek Anthology 7.490 ...
Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Reminding Those You Care About to Care for Themselves: Four Letters Between Fronto and Marcus Aurelius

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  Name :  Fronto and Marcus Aurelius Date :  100 – 170 CE Region :  Cirta [modern Algeria], Rome [modern Italy] Citation : ...
Saturday, July 13, 2024

Dux Femina Facti: Zenobia, A Better Warrior Than A Man, SHA Duorum Gallienorum 13.1-5

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Zenobia vs. Gallienus Name : Scriptores Historia Augusta Date :   Unknown Region :    Unknown Citation :      Life of The...
Friday, July 12, 2024

Dux Femina Facti: Zenobia, the Warrior Queen, SHA Trig. Tyr. 30.1-3

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Zenobia, Following in the Footsteps of Greatness Name : Scriptores Historia Augusta Date :    Unknown Region :     Unknown ...
Thursday, July 11, 2024

A More Perfect Union? Using the Gender Roles of Other Nations to Critique Your Own, Tacitus, Germania 18

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Gender Roles in Germanic Marriage Rites Name :   Tacitus Date :    56 – 117 CE Region :   [modern Italy]  Citation :  Germa...
Friday, March 8, 2024

Saying Farewell to a Friend: Anth. Lat. 445

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R oman men often had deep, loving and affectionate friendships with their peers. There was no shame or stigma in expressing love and support...
Saturday, December 9, 2023

I Do Not Owe The State Children: Epaminondas to the Thebans, John Tzetzes Hist. 12.412ff

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I Do Not Owe the State Children Name : John Tzetzes Date :   1100 – 1180 CE Region :    Constantinople [modern Istanbul, Tu...
Friday, August 4, 2023

Women Saving their City: Polyaenus, Strat. 8.33

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After killing 7,777 Argive men in battle, the Spartan King Cleomenes headed for the city of Argos to take it by force. The musician Telesill...
Monday, July 3, 2023

A List of Those Who Boldly Rejected Romantic Love: M. Antonii Tritonii Utinensis, Mythologia

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This author uses Ovid's myths to showcase his own medieval Christian beliefs.   The topic " protervi ," ["bold, shameful,...
Saturday, March 4, 2023

Toxicity of Purity Culture: Publius Maenius and his daughter, Valerius Maximus 6.1.4

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Name : Valerius Maximus Date :  1st century CE Region :  Unknown Citation :  Memorable Deeds and Sayings   6.1.4 What...
Saturday, November 12, 2022

Honoring Women Veterans: Telesilla of Argos, Plutarch, Virtutes Mulierum 245c-d

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Challenging Gender Roles: Telesilla, Warrior Poet Name :    Plutarch Date :      46 – 119 CE Region:     Chaeronea [modern Gre...