CLAS 353 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Wet Nurse, Shorthand, Fulling
22 Jan 2016
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Peculium tips or wages given to a slave that they are allowed to keep for their own. Wet nurse a woman who is employed to breast feed the children of other women. Fulling part of the cloth making and cleaning process. Reader someone who is employed to read aloud. Pedagogue someone who is employed to watch the children of others. Porne greek word for common prostitute; often a slave. Cytheris/ volumnia a mistress of mark antony who was also a mime actress. Mime a low status form of drama associated with suggestive performances. Conuiuium a roman dinner and drinking party, similar to a symposium.
