HIST 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Mother 3, Priapus, Halland Regiment
19 Nov 2014
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Ap/hist 2100 ancient greece & rome winter 2014 exam. These eulogies and epitaphs can provide a better understanding of the woman"s position in her household/society. In lines 15-19, murdiae is described as having been a loyal and obedient wife. 5-14, she is also described as having been an agreeable wife who successfully retained 2 marriages, because of these qualities: murdiae is spoken of as having won the best of praise, by her son. In lines 5-14, he describes her as having had equal affection for her children. 5-14, murdiae was loyal in her decision making and sound in her judgement, whereby she ensured her husbands and heirs received their fare shares of her dowry: the laudatio murdiae praises murdiae as an individual. In lines 25-30, murdiae is described as having possessed the same attributes as all good women," things such as loyalty, zeal, chastity, obedience, decency, etc.
