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Showing posts with label women. Show all posts
Showing posts with label women. 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, August 7, 2024

Challenging Gender Roles: Hipparchia's Universal Home

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I don’t have a roof, or a house, or a homeland Instead the whole world, both city & countryside are available to me as a home.   -...
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...

One Woman Climbs A Mountain for her Faith: Egeria, It. 1.3.7 - 1.4.1

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Egeria, Climbing a Mountain for Her Faith Name :   Egeria Date :   4th century CE Region :   [modern Spain] Citation : ...
Saturday, July 20, 2024

Camilla, Warrior Woman in Battle! Vergil, Aeneid , 11.648 - 663

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Camilla in Battle Name :  Vergil Date :  70 – 19 BCE Region :  Mantua [modern northern Italy] Citation :  Aeneid 11.648 –...
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 ...
Sunday, July 14, 2024

Meeting a Dear Friend While Traveling Abroad, Egeria, It. Per. 1.23.2-3

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  Name :  Egeria Date :  4th century CE Region :  [modern Spain] Citation :   Journey Abroad 1.23.2-3 Egeria wa...
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...
Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Overpowered by a Single Woman: The Spartans vs. The Courage of Telesilla

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Name : Michele Marullo Tarchaniota Date : 1330 – 1408 CE Region :   Constantinople [modern Turkey] / Volterra [modern Italy]...
Saturday, May 25, 2024

The Amazons, As Explained by a Christian Writer: Orosius, Historia 1.15

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  Challenging Gender Roles: The Amazons Name :  Orosius Date :   385 – 420 CE Region :    Gallaecia [modern Portugal] Citat...